Marc du Pontavice

Marc du Pontavice
Born
Marc Marie Joseph Raymond du Pontavice

(1963-01-10) 10 January 1963
Alma materSciences Po
Occupations
  • Animator
  • producer
  • designer
Known forXilam
Spouse
Alix de Maistre
(m. 1989)
ChildrenLou du Pontavice
Ivan du Pontavice

Marc Marie Joseph Raymond du Pontavice (born 10 January 1963) is a French animator and businessman who is the producer of Oggy and the Cockroaches, The Magician, Space Goofs, Zig & Sharko, Ratz, FloopaLoo, Where Are You?, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and others. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for producing I Lost My Body (2019). He was an executive producer from Gaumont, which is based in France. In 1990, he was the co-founder of Gaumont Television. In 1994, the company started producing animated series, which was eventually transformed into Gaumont Multimedia in 1995. After leaving the company, he, along with Alix de Maistre, founded Xilam.

Du Pontavice is the CEO of Xilam and its sister studio, Cube Creative (which Xilam acquired in 2020), since 2023, replacing Cube's founder, Lionel Fages, who stepped down as CEO.