Talent Guide

Pierre Weisbein

  • Discipline:Producer
  • Program Year:Producing Lab 2004

Bio

Pierre Weisbein is currently producing Facing Waves: The Mr. Sunset Story about the life of legendary surfer Jeff Hakman. He recently served as Executive Vice President, International Sales & Distribution, for Senator International with direct responsibility in foreign distribution operations where he handled sales for the following upcoming releases: The Assassination of Richard Nixon (Official selection, Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2004), The Grudge ( Sony Release Fall 04 ), White Noise ( Universal Release Winter 04 ) and Hooligans. From 1996 to 2003, Weisbein was a key executive at StudioCanal where he held the post of Senor Vice president , International, head of worldwide theatrical sales, and successfully handled sales for Roman Polanski’s Academy Award winning film, The Pianist, Cannes Palme d’Or winner David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, Berlin Golden Bear Winner Patrice Chereau’s Intimacy , Christophe Gans’s Brotherhood of the Wolf, Daniele Thomson’s Jetlag, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now Redux and Brett Morgen & Nanette Burstein’s Robert Evans biopic The Kid Stays in the Picture. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Weisbein was Vice President, International, and handled television and video sales for StudioCanal’s library, the third largest in the world, with more than 5,000 titles including the Carolco library with film titles such as Terminator II, Total Recall and Rambo.