LUCIE TOUBOUL, Legal & Business Affairs, Dogwoof Ltd., UK

Lucie Touboul graduated with a Master’s Degree in Media Business & Law, in Paris, and trained at TF1 International and Memento International. She coordinated the co-production market at Les Arcs Film Festival in 2012 and worked as a Legal & BA Manager at the London-based sales agency WestEnd Films for 4 years, working on titles from directors such as Woody Allen, Ralph Fiennes and Michael Winterbottom. Lucie joined Dogwoof in August 2017 to handle Business Affairs across sales, distribution and production.

INSTITUTE PROFILE

Founded in 2003, Dogwoof is a London-based, documentary film company integrating production, world sales and UK distribution. Dogwoof has so far released 24 Oscar nominated documentaries, with four wins and an additional three BAFTA winners. Notable releases include “Blackfish”, “Dior and I”, “Cartel Land”, “Free Solo”, “Three Identical Strangers” and “The Act of Killing”. Releases for 2019 have included “Marianne & Leonard”, Oscar nominated “Minding the Gap” and “Apollo 11”, which is currently the UK’s highest grossing doc of the year.

Dogwoof’s TDog production investment fund has premiered two films in Sundance Film Festival - Westwood and Halston - with more in the production and post-production stage; the fund is focused on feature docs, docu-series, and remake rights, gearing up the company towards vertical integration.