Xilam
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Xilam Animation SAS is a French animation studio which specializes in making animated television series and feature films. Marc du Pontavice and his wife Alix de Maistre founded it in 1999 as a replacement for the animation division of Gaumont Multimédia, which was itself an offshoot of the company's television division Gaumont Télévision, a company he co-founded in 1990.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Xilam Animation
- Company.logo
- Xilam logo.svg
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.traded_as
- CAC Small
- Company.industry
- Animation
- Company.predecessor
- Gaumont Multimédia
- Company.founders
- Marc du PontaviceAlix de Maistre
- Company.location
- Paris, France
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.key_people
- Marc du Pontavice (CEO)Alix de Maistre (administrator)
- Company.num_employees
- 600 (2025)
- Company.subsid
- Armada TMTIgloo Productions GmbHXilam Films SASXilam Multimédia SASXilam Studio SASXilam Studio Angoulême SAS (since December 2016)Cube Creative (since 2020)
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- XILAM GROUP
- Official website
- www.xilam.fr
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- inception
- 1999-00-00
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Filmography
- Animated series
- Purchased from Gaumont
- Film
- Purchased from Gaumont
- Original
- Other productions
- Purchased from Gaumont
- Original
- References
- External links
Xilam Animation SAS is a French animation studio which specializes in making animated television series and feature films. Marc du Pontavice and his wife Alix de Maistre founded it in 1999 as a replacement for the animation division of Gaumont Multimédia, which was itself an offshoot of the company's television division Gaumont Télévision, a company he co-founded in 1990.
== History == The origin of Xilam is closely linked to Gaumont's television production activity, launched in the early 1990s. From 1990, Marc du Pontavice joined the Gaumont group to develop a television production activity and co-founded Gaumont Télévision. In 1995, he formed a video game and animation division of the company, Gaumont Multimédia. From 1994 to 1998, certain animations such as Space Goofs and Oggy and the Cockroaches met with international success for the company.