About Speaker

Gregoire Gensollen is the Chief Operating Officer of Tucker Tooley Entertainment where he oversees all aspects of film and television financing, strategic planning, business development and operations. He works hand in hand with CEO/Producer Tucker Tooley (“The U.S. Vs Billie Holiday”, “The Fighter”, “We’re the Millers”,…) whose films have earned more than $2.6 billion at the worldwide box office. As COO, Gregoire structures and oversees financing deals with investors, manages foreign and US partner relationships, structures finance plans for film and TV productions, and establishes partnerships in the creator economy with creators and new media companies to produce and finance digital series, podcasts, and immersive content. Gregoire has served as an Executive Producer for several projects at the company including “Concrete Cowboy” starring Idris Elba which sold worldwide to Netflix after premiering at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, “The Deliverance” directed by Lee Daniels and starring Golden Globe winner Andra Day and Academy Award nominee Glenn Close which opened No1 in the US on Netflix on August 30, 2024, “Den of Thieves 2” starring Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson, Jr, which opened No1 in theaters in the US on January 10, 2025, the YouTube series “Band of Strangers” released in February 2026 and shortlisted for the 2026 Clio Creator Awards, the documentary “Finding Satoshi”, which opened direct-to-consumer on April 22, 2026 and the upcoming drama “Somedays”, starring Billy Bob Thornton, to be released in 2027. Prior to Tooley Entertainment, Gregoire was SVP, International Distribution and Strategy at FilmNation Entertainment where he worked closely with founder/CEO Glen Basner and COO Milan Popelka. His responsibilities included managing film finance, distribution, and strategy. He oversaw all releases worldwide for more than 60 titles that earned $1.3 billion at the box office and numerous Academy Award nominations; titles include “The King’s Speech”, “The Imitation Game”, “Nebraska”, “Room”, “Mud”, “Looper”, and “Magic Mike”. He closed loans and helped structure the financing for Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival” and John Lee Hancock’s “The Founder.” Prior to joining FilmNation, Gregoire was VP of International Strategic and Sales Planning at Lionsgate. For both Film and TV, he was in charge of international deal structuring for Sales as well as Motion Picture Acquisitions & Co-Productions, on projects such as “The Hunger Games” or Paul Haggis’ “Next Three Days”. During his tenure, he handled international pricing and distribution strategy of more than 50 feature film releases including the “Saw” franchise, “KickAss”, “Immortals”, “Limitless”, “Drag Me to Hell” and “310 To Yuma”. He also was overseeing Lionsgate UK’s acquisitions greenlight process and financing plan for local productions, in particular the financing of LGUK’s 1st local production. In parallel, together with his producing partner and director Xavier Gens (“Under Paris”, “Gangs of London”, “Hitman”), he won a Best First Film Cesar Award for producing “Papicha”, which premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2019 and was Algeria’s official entry for the Best International Feature Academy Award in 2020. In 2016, he produced “Where Is Rocky ?”, directed by contemporary artist Pierre Bismuth (Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”). They produced “Houria” and “Farang”, released in theaters in 2023 and they develop several International Film and TV series projects together. Most recently, they co-produced “Notre Salut” by Emmanuel Marre which premiered in Cannes’ 2026 Official Selection and won the Prize for Best Screenplay, and opened No1 in theaters in France on September 30, 2026. Gregoire has been featured in Variety’s 2019’s ‘10 Producers to Watch’ and 2012’s ‘New Leaders’ issues. He earned his MS from the University of Wisconsin Madison and his MBA from UCLA Anderson. He is a member of the Cesar (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma) and BAFTA.