Stephane Sperry

Stephane Sperry began his film industry career in the 1970s, working on nearly three dozen features. He spent three years as president of Alliance International, Canada's foremost film production and distribution company, as well as four years as the head of Island Records (France), where he helped build the international company's film business.

Sperry came to Canal Plus in 1987, as the head of Ellipse Programmes. Canal Plus is the premiere cable operator in France and a major producer of French films. Later, he was executive vice president for programming and strategic development at Studio Canal, the Paris headquarters. During those four years, he was also head of acquisitions and an architect of the company's library of some 5500 films. He then oversaw the strengthening of the company's business units into a cohesive whole as it went public. M. Sperry then became co-president of Canal Plus' U.S. operation for three years. Based in Los Angeles, he orchestrated and supervised the Canal Plus investment in films such as "Chicken Run", "U-571", "Mulholland Drive", "Sleepy Hollow", "Brotherhood of the Wolves" and "The Pianist", a winner of three Academy Awards in 2003.

Stephane Sperry formed Liaison Films, a film production company, in the fall of 2002. The company intends to bring European film properties, ideas and talent to the American market.