Guillaume de Fondaumière

Work History

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  co-CEO & Executive Producer

  Quantic Dream

  December 2003 - Present

  As the CEO of the company, I'm overseeing our day to day game development operations (170 people) as well as our performance capture and audio studios. In my capacity as executive producer, I'm also directly overseeing all external operations with third party partners: Outsourcing (600+ m/m on Heavy Rain and Beyond), talent management (100+ actors, composers...), publisher relations, middleware firms, etc...
  
  I produced the multi-platform game FAHRENHEIT (ATARI, 2005) and the PS3 exclusive HEAVY RAIN (SCEE, 2010). The later earned our studio international recognition for our innovative approach to emotion and story in games. 2010’s 9th bestselling game on the platform (3,3 Mio sales to date). Won 3 DICE and 3 British Academy Awards for Best Technical Innovation, Best Music and Best Story.
  I then produced BEYOND: Two Souls on PS3 (1,7 Mio sales to date). Offering yet again a highly innovative gameplay experience and high-end graphics and animations, the project features Academy Award Nominees ELLEN PAGE and WILLEM DAFOE in the lead roles.
  
  I also produced three short movies (The Casting, Kara and The Dark Sorcerer). Kara won Best Experimental during 2012 LA Short Festival and was viewed over 10 million times on Youtube.

  

  

  

• Board Member

  PEGI

  March 2014 - Present

  The Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) age rating system was established to help European parents make informed decisions on buying computer games. It was launched in spring 2003 and replaced a number of national age rating systems with a single system now used throughout most of Europe, in 30 countries (Austria Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Slovenia, Belgium, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Bulgaria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden, Cyprus, France, Israel, Malta, Romania, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovak Republic and the United Kingdom).

• President

  SNJV (France's National Video Game Syndicate, formerly known as APOM)

  October 2014 - Present

  President of France's national video game organization (200+ video game developers). Successfully lobbied the European Commission and the French Government to obtain a 20% tax credit for video game productions in France.
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  Conseiller de Fondation / Board member

  Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia

  January 2012 - Present

  The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia is a foundation under public law, mandated by the Swiss Confederation to promote artistic creation, foster cultural outreach and facilitate cultural exchange at home and with other countries.
  Pro Helvetia supports projects on four levels: on the basis of applications, via its network of cultural centres and liaison offices abroad, within the framework of its own programmes and through information and promotional materials. More information: https://www.prohelvetia.ch/

• Chairman

  EGDF

  May 2009 - Present

  The European Games Developer Federation is committed to the stimulation and development of a stable, vibrant and creative European games development sector that is competitive globally and recognized culturally.
  
  The EGDF will act to advance the political and economic interests of the European computer and video games industry by providing a platform for collaboration and discussion between European institutions and game developers.
  
  The federation represents some 600 studios based in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom, which together employ about 20,000 people. The European computer and video games industry, including distributors and students in game educations, encompasses almost 100,000 individuals.

• President CEO

  Arxel Tribe

  January 1993 - November 2003

  Arxel Tribe was established as a 3D studio first in Ljublana (Slovenia) and then Paris (France).
  In 1994, the company diversified its activities to special effects and post-production services and expanded to Milan (Italy). By 1998, Arxel Tribe had become Italy's N°1 special effects company for the advertising industry, working with Leo Burnett, Young & Rubicam or Euro RSCG.
  In 1996, the studio diversifies into video games. After a first successfull game release in France - PILGRIM (250 000 units - Infogrames'97) comes the first international breakthrough of the studio with RING (700 000 units - Cryo 1998).
  In 1999, Arxel Tribe becomes a video games publisher, releasing in 35 countries games developed by fellow studios based in Europe, North America and Korea along its own creations. In 2001, Arxel Tribe is sold to one of its clients, CTO S.p.A., Italy's largest video game distributor.
  Guillaume remained President CEO of Arxel Tribe until resigning in December 2003 to join Quantic Dream.

• Media consultant

  ECR, Vienna

  1989 - 1995

  Worked during my student & very first carreer years as a part time media consultant for the European Congress of Radiology.

• Founding Partner

  C. de C. Productions

  October 1986 - June 1989

  Organizer of theme based clubbings, mixing dance parties, fashion shows and art exhibitions.
  Events included Vienna Bourse (1 700 guests), Magic Mountain (weekly during summer'88 and '89, up to 2 000 guests a night), Palais Ferst (800 guests)....Sweet :-).