Iris Knobloch

Knobloch at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Iris Knobloch (born 13 February 1963 in Munich) is a German film programmer, lawyer, media executive, and the President of the Cannes Film Festival since 2022, the first woman to hold the position.[1]

Career

Knobloch studied law at LMU Munich, where she obtained a doctorate. She also holds a Master of Laws degree from New York University.[2]

She began her career as a lawyer at Norr, Stiefenhofer & Lutz and O'Melveny & Myers in Munich, New York and Los Angeles.[2]

In 2006, she was appointed president of Warner Bros. Entertainment in France,[2] holding the position for fifteen years. In 2020 she became the President of WarnerMedia France, Benelux, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.[1]

In 2021, she left Warner Bros to found I2PO, a Special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in the entertainment sector with the Pinault family and banker Matthieu Pigasse.[3][4]

In March 2022, she was appointed President of the Cannes Film Festival, succeeding Pierre Lescure in 2023,[5] thus becoming the first woman to hold the position.[6][7]

Personal life

She is the daughter of Charlotte Knobloch and granddaughter of Fritz Neuland, both were Holocaust survivors.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Keslassy, Elsa (2022-03-23). "Cannes Film Festival Board Elects Iris Knobloch as First Female President (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lazard Elects Iris Knobloch to Board of Directors". bloomberg.com. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  3. ↑ "Un nouveau SPAC à la Bourse de Paris sur le secteur du divertissement". Les Echos (in French). 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  4. ↑ "Cannes 2022: How Iris Knobloch became the festival's first woman president". Le Monde.fr. 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  5. ↑ Enguérand Renault (2022-03-23). "Iris Knobloch élue à la tête du festival de Cannes". LEFIGARO (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  6. ↑ Siegfried Forster (2022-03-24). "Festival de Cannes: Iris Knobloch, première femme présidente et nouveaux enjeux pour le cinéma". RFI (in French).
  7. ↑ Sophie Baudouard (2022-03-24). "Le Festival de Cannes a élu une présidente pour la première fois de son histoire". Premiere.fr (in French).
  8. ↑ "Charlotte Knobloch". www.fembio.org (in German). Retrieved 2022-03-28.
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