Team

Management Team

Jean-Luc Azoulay
CEO

Renaud Burosse
Chief Legal and Business Affairs
renaud.burosse@groupe-jla.com

Chantal Bey
Director of Human Ressources
chantal.bey@groupe-jla.com

Etienne Parlier
CFO
etienne.parlier@groupe-jla.com

Jean-Luc Azoulay
CEO

Jean-Luc Azoulay is behind many successful and iconic ‘90s TV shows (as producer and creator): Club Dorothée, Premiers Baisers, Hélène & les Garçons. In 1999, he purchased the production department of Groupe AB and founded JLA Groupe. Later, he produced prime time series hits like Navarro, L’Instit, Quai N°1, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Les Rois Maudits among others. In 2007, he founded the Parisian channel IDF1. In 2011, he revived the french TV saga Hélène et les Garçons with Les Mystères de l’Amour. By welcoming within JLA Groupe many talented producers, Jean-Luc Azoulay has constantly kept his leading position with very diverse daytime and primetime programs, along with movies, entertainment programs and cartoons.

Mathilde Auneau
Legal director
mathilde.auneau@groupe-jla.com

Axel Danlos
Head of Communication
axel.danlos@groupe-jla.com

Axel Danlos
Head of Communication

Axel Danlos started as a press officer in 2002 in several entertainment PR agencies. He joined M6 in 2006, where he managed press relations for French TV series. In 2013, he became communication manager for the M6 French TV series, cinema, cartoons, lifestyle TV shows and sport department. In 2014, he joined Aidem Communication as PR and communication manager in charge of a 5 consultants team. In 2015, he was hired by Canal + Group as communication manager. Since 2020, he’s JLA Groupe’s Head of Communication.

Creative Department

Richard Berkowitz
JLA Productions / Episode Productions

Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux
JLA Productions

Christophe Carmona
Carma Films

Soraya Alami
Carma Films

Richard Berkowitz
Producer

Richard Berkowitz started his collaboration with JLA Groupe as a producer on successful TV series: Navarro and Quai n°1. In 2003, he became TF1’s artistic manager in charge of prime time series: RISSection de Recherches Alice Nevers among others. In 2009, he joined JLA Groupe again to produce the series Camping ParadisCommissaire Magellan, Monsieur Parizot,  the mini-series Jeu de Dames and various dramas. Still working for JLA Groupe, Richard Berkowitz created Episode Productions, his own subsidiary company within JLA Groupe. He produced Meurtres à la RochelleLe Prix de la Vérité,  the France 2 hit series Simon Coleman, some currently filming episodes of the TV series Crimes Parfaits and the mini-series Jugée Coupable and Un Soupçon.

Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux
Producer

Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux graduated from FEMIS and quickly became deputy director of the TF1 dramas and series department, then producer at PM Productions. In 2014, he joined JLA Groupe where he produced some of TF1’s successful prime time programs : La Vengeance aux Yeux Clairs, then Munch starring Isabelle Nanty and Le Daron starring Didier Bourdon. Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux is also producing Astrid et Raphaëlle, the critically-acclaimed and hit-ratings series on France 2  which is also sold worldwide.

Christophe Carmona
Producer

After running the M6 fiction department then co-founding the TV production company Little Big (Papillon Noir, La Loi selon Bartoli…), Christophe Carmona created Carma Films in 2012, a subsidiary of JLA Groupe. Since then, he has created and produced the series Contact, Imposture and the mini-series La Forêt, which won the Best Series award at the La Rochelle TV festival and was one of the top ratings on France 3 in 2017. His latest hits are  Alexandra Ehle starring Julie Depardieu with over 4,5 million faithful viewers  for each broadcast on France 3 and the mini-series L’Eclipse, which was one of  France 2 top hits in 2024. Christophe Carmona is also producing the next Canal+ mini-series event: Sud Est Babylone.

Soraya Alami
Producer

Soraya Alami is a graduate from Sciences Po Rennes and ESCP, where she earned an MSc in Media Management. She spent the first part of her career at UGC, EuropaCorp and StudioCanal, then joined the CNC before moving to the production company MyFamily, where she worked on several series and movies, including Belle-fille and Maison de Retraite. Soraya was then hired by the Mediawan Group as the Literary Director at Scarlett Production, where she helped to develop the Poulets Grillés show for France Télévisions, as well as numerous VOD series. She joined Carma Films in 2022.

Mathieu Delarive
JLA Productions

Gala Vara-Eiriz
JLA Productions / Agapé Films

Martin Rea
Studio Reaz / Potomak Films

Caroline Got
Médicis Productions

Mathieu Delarive
Producer

Actor and screenwriter, Mathieu Delarive joined JLA Groupe as producer, in parallel with his primary activities. He develops and produces the TF1 series Camping Paradis and Monsieur Parizot alongside Richard Berkowitz. Their collaboration also resulted in the miniseries Un Soupçon. They are currently collaborating on new dramas and series projects.

Gala Vara-Eiriz
Producer

Of spanish citizenship, Gala Vara-Eiriz started her carreer as project manager for M6 Interactions. In 2002, she joined the cinema production company : Same Player, as associate producer. She worked closely on several movies including those directed by Eric Lavaine : Retour chez ma mère (2.2 million people in 2016) but also Mon chien stupide directed by Yvan Attal, Papy Sitter by Philippe Guillard, L’esprit de famille directed by Eric Besnard…

Martin Rea
Producer

Martin Rea is a French producer and screenwriter. He has written for several animated series distributed worldwide, including The Garfield Show, Linkers, and Yakari. He held various roles at Ellipsanime before founding Studio Reaz, a subsidiary of JLA Groupe, in 2015. Through this company, he produces the animated series Patamuse and Imago, both highly popular with young audiences. Alongside his work in animation, he launched the label Potomak Films in 2022 and produced the mini-series Jana, acquired by the streaming platforms Viaplay and Amazon MGM Studios, as well as the TF1’s series hit Erica, adapted from Camilla Läckberg’s novels.

Caroline Got
Producer

After a career spanning more than 20 years with TF1 Vidéo, TPS and France 3, followed by a stint on the board of TMC/NT1, and finally on the executive committee of France Télévisions, in 2021 Caroline Got teamed up with Jean-Luc Azoulay (JLA Groupe) and Dominique Ambiel (A Prime Group). She founded Médicis Productions with the aim of producing popular entertainment shows (Le Jeu des 1000 euros, Les Extra-Curieux), as well as dramas and documentaries.

Denis Karvil
Kaaz Productions

Alexandra Cossu
Kaaz Productions

Ludovic Lestavel
JLA Productions / Ludoc Prod

Denis Karvil
Producer

After working as an actor, notably in Italy, Denis Karvil founded the company Alizés Films and became a renowned producer of dramas for M6, creating the Vertiges collection, and the series Arianne Ferry and Eternelle. He also produced numerous TV films for public television, Arte and TF1, as well as the two police series Les Bœuf-carottes (Best Series Award at the Fiction Festival) and Femmes de Loi (Best Series Award at the Fiction Festival). In 2022, he joined forces with Jean-Luc Azoulay and Alexandra Cossu and created Kaaz Productions.

Alexandra Cossu
Producer

A graduate of ESRA and UCLA (Producing Certificate), Alexandra Cossu has worked on a range of production projects such as Stéphane Brizé’s Une vie, Antonin Baudry’s Le chant du loup and the series Engrenages and Mouche shown on Canal +. At the same time, Alexandra Cossu worked as a reader for M6. She currently works in association with Jean-Luc Azoulay and Denis Karvil and together they have created the company Kaaz Productions.

Ludovic Lestavel
Producer

Ludovic Lestavel joined JLA Groupe in 2002 and collaborated on various series and dramas. He directed his first documentary in 2010, Il était une fois Dorothée and became artistic director of the series Les Mystères de l’Amour, in 2012. After several successes on various documentaries he produced and directed himself, he created in 2015 a subsidiary of JLA Groupe dedicated to the production of documentaries, Ludoc Prod. He develops some series and dramas projects for JLA Productions.

Production

Olivier Guedj
Head of Productions

Valérie Martin
Eco-Production Manager

Team

Management Team

Jean-Luc Azoulay
CEO

Renaud Burosse
Chief Legal and Business Affairs
renaud.burosse@groupe-jla.com

Chantal Bey
Director of Human Ressources
chantal.bey@groupe-jla.com

Jean-Luc Azoulay
CEO

Jean-Luc Azoulay is behind many successful and iconic ‘90s TV shows (as producer and creator): Club Dorothée, Premiers Baisers, Hélène & les Garçons. In 1999, he purchased the production department of Groupe AB and founded JLA Groupe. Later, he produced prime time series hits like Navarro, L’Instit, Quai N°1, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Les Rois Maudits among others. In 2007, he founded the Parisian channel IDF1. In 2011, he revived the french TV saga Hélène et les Garçons with Les Mystères de l’Amour. By welcoming within JLA Groupe many talented producers, Jean-Luc Azoulay has constantly kept his leading position with very diverse daytime and primetime programs, along with movies, entertainment programs and cartoons.

Etienne Parlier
CFO
etienne.parlier@groupe-jla.com

Mathilde Auneau
Legal director
mathilde.auneau@groupe-jla.com

Axel Danlos
Head of Communication
axel.danlos@groupe-jla.com

Axel Danlos
Head of Communication

Axel Danlos started as a press officer in 2002 in several entertainment PR agencies. He joined M6 in 2006, where he managed press relations for French TV series. In 2013, he became communication manager for the M6 French TV series, cinema, cartoons, lifestyle TV shows and sport department. In 2014, he joined Aidem Communication as PR and communication manager in charge of a 5 consultants team. In 2015, he was hired by Canal + Group as communication manager. Since 2020, he’s JLA Groupe’s Head of Communication.

Creative Department

Richard Berkowitz
JLA Productions / Episode Productions

Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux
JLA Productions

Christophe Carmona
Carma Films

Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux
Producer

Richard Berkowitz intègre JLA Groupe en 2000 en tant que producteur de Navarro et Quai N°1. En 2003, il rejoint TF1 et devient responsable des séries de 52’ : RISSection de RecherchesAlice Nevers… En 2009, il retrouve JLA Productions en qualité de producteur et installe les séries : Camping ParadisCommissaire Magellan, Monsieur Parizot, la mini-série : Jeu de Dames et des unitaires . Tout en poursuivant ses activités au sein du groupe il s’associe à Jean-Luc Azoulay en créant  Episode Productions en 2014 et produit Meurtres à La RochelleLe Prix de la Vérité, la série à succès Simon Coleman, des épisodes pour la collection Crimes Parfaits, les mini-séries Jugée Coupable et Un Soupçon.

Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux
Producer

Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux graduated from FEMIS and quickly became deputy director of the TF1 dramas and series department, then producer at PM Productions. In 2014, he joined JLA Groupe where he produced some of TF1’s successful prime time programs : La Vengeance aux Yeux Clairs, then Munch starring Isabelle Nanty and Le Daron starring Didier Bourdon. Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux is also producing Astrid et Raphaëlle, the critically-acclaimed and hit-ratings series on France 2  which is also sold worldwide.

Christophe Carmona
Producer

After running the M6 fiction department then co-founding the TV production company Little Big (Papillon Noir, La Loi selon Bartoli…), Christophe Carmona created Carma Films in 2012, a subsidiary of JLA Groupe. Since then, he has created and produced the series Contact, Imposture and the mini-series La Forêt, which won the Best Series award at the La Rochelle TV festival and was one of the top ratings on France 3 in 2017. His latest hits are  Alexandra Ehle starring Julie Depardieu with over 4,5 million faithful viewers  for each broadcast on France 3 and the mini-series L’Eclipse, which was one of  France 2 top hits in 2024. Christophe Carmona is also producing the next Canal+ mini-series event: Sud Est Babylone.

Soraya Alami
Carma Films

Mathieu Delarive
JLA Productions

Gala Vara-Eiriz
JLA Productions / Agapé Films

Soraya Alami
Producer

Soraya Alami is a graduate from Sciences Po Rennes and ESCP, where she earned an MSc in Media Management. She spent the first part of her career at UGC, EuropaCorp and StudioCanal, then joined the CNC before moving to the production company MyFamily, where she worked on several series and movies, including Belle-fille and Maison de Retraite. Soraya was then hired by the Mediawan Group as the Literary Director at Scarlett Production, where she helped to develop the Poulets Grillés show for France Télévisions, as well as numerous VOD series. She joined Carma Films in 2022.

Mathieu Delarive
Producer

Actor and screenwriter, Mathieu Delarive joined JLA Groupe as producer, in parallel with his primary activities. He develops and produces the TF1 series Camping Paradis and Monsieur Parizot alongside Richard Berkowitz. Their collaboration also resulted in the miniseries Un Soupçon. They are currently collaborating on new dramas and series projects.

Gala Vara-Eiriz
Producer

Of spanish citizenship, Gala Vara-Eiriz started her carreer as project manager for M6 Interactions. In 2002, she joined the cinema production company : Same Player, as associate producer. She worked closely on several movies including those directed by Eric Lavaine : Retour chez ma mère (2.2 million people in 2016) but also Mon chien stupide directed by Yvan Attal, Papy Sitter by Philippe Guillard, L’esprit de famille directed by Eric Besnard…

Martin Rea
Studio Reaz / Potomak Films

Caroline Got
Médicis Productions

Denis Karvil
Kaaz Productions

Martin Rea
Producer

Martin Rea is a French producer and screenwriter. He has written for several animated series distributed worldwide, including The Garfield Show, Linkers, and Yakari. He held various roles at Ellipsanime before founding Studio Reaz, a subsidiary of JLA Groupe, in 2015. Through this company, he produces the animated series Patamuse and Imago, both highly popular with young audiences. Alongside his work in animation, he launched the label Potomak Films in 2022 and produced the mini-series Jana, acquired by the streaming platforms Viaplay and Amazon MGM Studios, as well as the TF1’s series hit Erica, adapted from Camilla Läckberg’s novels.

Caroline Got
Producer

After a career spanning more than 20 years with TF1 Vidéo, TPS and France 3, followed by a stint on the board of TMC/NT1, and finally on the executive committee of France Télévisions, in 2021 Caroline Got teamed up with Jean-Luc Azoulay (JLA Groupe) and Dominique Ambiel (A Prime Group). She founded Médicis Productions with the aim of producing popular entertainment shows (Le Jeu des 1000 euros, Les Extra-Curieux), as well as dramas and documentaries.

Denis Karvil
Producer

After working as an actor, notably in Italy, Denis Karvil founded the company Alizés Films and became a renowned producer of dramas for M6, creating the Vertiges collection, and the series Arianne Ferry and Eternelle. He also produced numerous TV films for public television, Arte and TF1, as well as the two police series Les Bœuf-carottes (Best Series Award at the Fiction Festival) and Femmes de Loi (Best Series Award at the Fiction Festival). In 2022, he joined forces with Jean-Luc Azoulay and Alexandra Cossu and created Kaaz Productions.

Alexandra Cossu
Kaaz Productions

Ludovic Lestavel
JLA Productions/ Ludoc Prod

Alexandra Cossu
Producer

A graduate of ESRA and UCLA (Producing Certificate), Alexandra Cossu has worked on a range of production projects such as Stéphane Brizé’s Une vie, Antonin Baudry’s Le chant du loup and the series Engrenages and Mouche shown on Canal +. At the same time, Alexandra Cossu worked as a reader for M6. She currently works in association with Jean-Luc Azoulay and Denis Karvil and together they have created the company Kaaz Productions.

Ludovic Lestavel
Producer

Ludovic Lestavel joined JLA Groupe in 2002 and collaborated on various series and dramas. He directed his first documentary in 2010, Il était une fois Dorothée and became artistic director of the series Les Mystères de l’Amour, in 2012. After several successes on various documentaries he produced and directed himself, he created in 2015 a subsidiary of JLA Groupe dedicated to the production of documentaries, Ludoc Prod. He develops some series and dramas projects for JLA Productions.

Production

Olivier Guedj
Head of Productions

Valérie Martin
Eco-Production Manager

Team

Management Team

Jean-Luc Azoulay
CEO

Jean-Luc Azoulay
CEO

Jean-Luc Azoulay is behind many successful and iconic ‘90s TV shows (as producer and creator): Club Dorothée, Premiers Baisers, Hélène & les Garçons. In 1999, he purchased the production department of Groupe AB and founded JLA Groupe. Later, he produced prime time series hits like Navarro, L’Instit, Quai N°1, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Les Rois Maudits among others. In 2007, he founded the Parisian channel IDF1. In 2011, he revived the french TV saga Hélène et les Garçons with Les Mystères de l’Amour. By welcoming within JLA Groupe many talented producers, Jean-Luc Azoulay has constantly kept his leading position with very diverse daytime and primetime programs, along with movies, entertainment programs and cartoons.

Renaud Burosse
Chief Legal and Business Affairs
renaud.burosse@groupe-jla.com

Chantal Bey
Director of Human Ressources
chantal.bey@groupe-jla.com

Etienne Parlier
CFO
etienne.parlier@groupe-jla.com

Mathilde Auneau
Legal director
mathilde.auneau@groupe-jla.com

Axel Danlos
Head of Communication
axel.danlos@groupe-jla.com

Axel Danlos
Head of Communication

Axel Danlos started as a press officer in 2002 in several entertainment PR agencies. He joined M6 in 2006, where he managed press relations for French TV series. In 2013, he became communication manager for the M6 French TV series, cinema, cartoons, lifestyle TV shows and sport department. In 2014, he joined Aidem Communication as PR and communication manager in charge of a 5 consultants team. In 2015, he was hired by Canal + Group as communication manager. Since 2020, he’s JLA Groupe’s Head of Communication.

Creative Department

Richard Berkowitz
JLA Productions / Episode Productions

Richard Berkowitz
Producer

Richard Berkowitz started his collaboration with JLA Groupe as a producer on successful TV series: Navarro and Quai n°1. In 2003, he became TF1’s artistic manager in charge of prime time series: RISSection de Recherches Alice Nevers among others. In 2009, he joined JLA Groupe again to produce the series Camping ParadisCommissaire Magellan, Monsieur Parizot,  the mini-series Jeu de Dames and various dramas. Still working for JLA Groupe, Richard Berkowitz created Episode Productions, his own subsidiary company within JLA Groupe. He produced Meurtres à la RochelleLe Prix de la Vérité,  the France 2 hit series Simon Coleman, some currently filming episodes of the TV series Crimes Parfaits and the mini-series Jugée Coupable and Un Soupçon.

Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux
JLA Productions

Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux
Producer

Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux graduated from FEMIS and quickly became deputy director of the TF1 dramas and series department, then producer at PM Productions. In 2014, he joined JLA Groupe where he produced some of TF1’s successful prime time programs : La Vengeance aux Yeux Clairs, then Munch starring Isabelle Nanty and Le Daron starring Didier Bourdon. Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux is also producing Astrid et Raphaëlle, the critically-acclaimed and hit-ratings series on France 2  which is also sold worldwide.

Christophe Carmona
Carma Films

Christophe Carmona
Producer

After running the M6 fiction department then co-founding the TV production company Little Big (Papillon Noir, La Loi selon Bartoli…), Christophe Carmona created Carma Films in 2012, a subsidiary of JLA Groupe. Since then, he has created and produced the series Contact, Imposture and the mini-series La Forêt, which won the Best Series award at the La Rochelle TV festival and was one of the top ratings on France 3 in 2017. His latest hits are  Alexandra Ehle starring Julie Depardieu with over 4,5 million faithful viewers  for each broadcast on France 3 and the mini-series L’Eclipse, which was one of  France 2 top hits in 2024. Christophe Carmona is also producing the next Canal+ mini-series event: Sud Est Babylone.

Soraya Alami
Carma Films

Soraya Alami
Producer

Soraya Alami is a graduate from Sciences Po Rennes and ESCP, where she earned an MSc in Media Management. She spent the first part of her career at UGC, EuropaCorp and StudioCanal, then joined the CNC before moving to the production company MyFamily, where she worked on several series and movies, including Belle-fille and Maison de Retraite. Soraya was then hired by the Mediawan Group as the Literary Director at Scarlett Production, where she helped to develop the Poulets Grillés show for France Télévisions, as well as numerous VOD series. She joined Carma Films in 2022.

Mathieu Delarive
JLA Productions

Mathieu Delarive
Producer

Actor and screenwriter, Mathieu Delarive joined JLA Groupe as producer, in parallel with his primary activities. He develops and produces the TF1 series Camping Paradis and Monsieur Parizot alongside Richard Berkowitz. Their collaboration also resulted in the miniseries Un Soupçon. They are currently collaborating on new dramas and series projects.

Gala Vara-Eiriz
JLA Productions / Agapé Films

Gala Vara-Eiriz
Producer

Of spanish citizenship, Gala Vara-Eiriz started her carreer as project manager for M6 Interactions. In 2002, she joined the cinema production company : Same Player, as associate producer. She worked closely on several movies including those directed by Eric Lavaine : Retour chez ma mère (2.2 million people in 2016) but also Mon chien stupide directed by Yvan Attal, Papy Sitter by Philippe Guillard, L’esprit de famille directed by Eric Besnard…

Martin Rea
Studio Reaz / Potomak Films

Martin Rea
Producer

Martin Rea is a French producer and screenwriter. He has written for several animated series distributed worldwide, including The Garfield Show, Linkers, and Yakari. He held various roles at Ellipsanime before founding Studio Reaz, a subsidiary of JLA Groupe, in 2015. Through this company, he produces the animated series Patamuse and Imago, both highly popular with young audiences. Alongside his work in animation, he launched the label Potomak Films in 2022 and produced the mini-series Jana, acquired by the streaming platforms Viaplay and Amazon MGM Studios, as well as the TF1’s series hit Erica, adapted from Camilla Läckberg’s novels.

Caroline Got
Médicis Productions

Caroline Got
Producer

After a career spanning more than 20 years with TF1 Vidéo, TPS and France 3, followed by a stint on the board of TMC/NT1, and finally on the executive committee of France Télévisions, in 2021 Caroline Got teamed up with Jean-Luc Azoulay (JLA Groupe) and Dominique Ambiel (A Prime Group). She founded Médicis Productions with the aim of producing popular entertainment shows (Le Jeu des 1000 euros, Les Extra-Curieux), as well as dramas and documentaries.

Denis Karvil
Kaaz Productions

Denis Karvil
Producer

After working as an actor, notably in Italy, Denis Karvil founded the company Alizés Films and became a renowned producer of dramas for M6, creating the Vertiges collection, and the series Arianne Ferry and Eternelle. He also produced numerous TV films for public television, Arte and TF1, as well as the two police series Les Bœuf-carottes (Best Series Award at the Fiction Festival) and Femmes de Loi (Best Series Award at the Fiction Festival). In 2022, he joined forces with Jean-Luc Azoulay and Alexandra Cossu and created Kaaz Productions.

Alexandra Cossu
Kaaz Productions

Alexandra Cossu
Producer

A graduate of ESRA and UCLA (Producing Certificate), Alexandra Cossu has worked on a range of production projects such as Stéphane Brizé’s Une vie, Antonin Baudry’s Le chant du loup and the series Engrenages and Mouche shown on Canal +. At the same time, Alexandra Cossu worked as a reader for M6. She currently works in association with Jean-Luc Azoulay and Denis Karvil and together they have created the company Kaaz Productions.

Ludovic Lestavel
JLA Productions / Ludoc Prod

Ludovic Lestavel
Producer

Ludovic Lestavel joined JLA Groupe in 2002 and collaborated on various series and dramas. He directed his first documentary in 2010, Il était une fois Dorothée and became artistic director of the series Les Mystères de l’Amour, in 2012. After several successes on various documentaries he produced and directed himself, he created in 2015 a subsidiary of JLA Groupe dedicated to the production of documentaries, Ludoc Prod. He develops some series and dramas projects for JLA Productions.

Production

Olivier Guedj
Head of Productions

Valérie Martin
Eco-Production Manager