Biografia
Marc Bikindou, born in France, started his career in 1987 working on commercials. Over three years as an assistant director, he collaborated with notable figures such as Gerry Fisher, Academy Award winner Régis Wargnier, Pascal Thomas, and both Ridley and Tony Scott, contributing to more than 35 projects. As assistant to producer Jean-Jacques Fourgeaud, he worked with François Reichenbach, whose documentary on Artur Rubinstein won an Oscar.
While serving as assistant production manager on a TV series for French channel TF-1, Marc also directed and produced his own short films. His short film L'Ascenseur ("The Lift") won an award at the 1991 Cabourg Romantic Film Festival. In documentary filmmaking, he has directed and produced twenty hour-long films, which continue to air on the Learning French TV channel and the French cable channel Voyage.
In 1999, Marc produced his first feature film, Deception (2003), through GFT Kingsborough Films in Canada. Directed by Max Fischer with a $3.5 million budget, the film starred Debi Mazar, Karina Lombard, and French actor Marc Lavoine. He then co-produced Vendetta (2001), also known as "Vendetta," alongside Augusto Caminito, producer of King of New York (1990). This $6 million film, directed by Dennis Berry and filmed in Venice, Rome, and New York, featured Joe Mantegna, Emmanuelle Seigner, and Henry Cavill (who later portrayed Superman in Man of Steel (2013) and appeared in Immortals (2011)). Marc also co-produced Den of Lions (2003), shot in Hungary, starring Stephen Dorff, Bob Hoskins, and Laura Fraser.
Starting in 2001, alongside his production work, Marc became a sales agent for the global distribution division of Nu Image/Millennium Films. At Nu Image, he worked with founders Avi Lerner and Danny Dimbort, focusing on the Western European market. His sales involvement included titles like The Black Dahlia (2006), directed by Brian De Palma and starring Scarlett Johansson; Rambo (2008), directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone; and 16 Blocks (2006), directed by Richard Donner and starring Bruce Willis.
In 2007, Marc founded his own company, Jet Lag Productions, to executive produce Breaking Point (2009), a crime drama starring Tom Berenger, Busta Rhymes, and Armand Assante, filmed in New York and released in 2009. That same year, Jet Lag co-produced Smile, a teen horror film shot in Morocco, alongside Jay Julien (producer of King of New York) and Italian distributor Cinecitta. Jet Lag also produced the 2009 horror/action film The Bleeding, starring Michael Madsen.
More recently, through Jet Lag, Marc executive-produced the supernatural thriller The Ghostmaker (2012), directed by Mauro Borrelli, known for his conceptual art work with Tim Burton. Lionsgate managed its domestic release. Separately, through Millennium Films, Marc acted as sales agent for the star-studded action film The Expendables (2010), directed by Sylvester Stallone, as well as its sequel, The Expendables 2 (2012), directed by Simon West, and the thriller The Paperboy (2012), directed by Lee Daniels and starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, and John Cusack.
