About Serein

Bios

 

Ms. Bidault began her career in script development working for the major film studios - Columbia, MGM, and Paramount in Los Angeles. She then worked with renowned independent producers and filmmakers, such as Dino de Laurentiis, Federico Fellini, and Sergio Leone; and then branched into distribution and international sales for Vestron, New World, and Lorimar Studios. In 1988, she moved to Paris, France where she worked as a finance and distribution consultant for the European Union/France MEDIA Program for 7 years, responsible for the gap financing of over 100 productions in Europe. In early 1995, she was hired as a Mergers & Acquisition consultant by France Telecom in New York to work on a $1Billion merger. In September of that year, she moved to Washington, DC where she was hired as a Media Asset Management consultant by Discovery Communications (DCI) to manage their companywide media asset evaluation and distribution for 5 years. In 2000, she was hired to launch MediaFusion Entertainment, a media consulting company that worked with government organizations (Delegation of the European Union, Latin American Cultural Consulars) non-government agencies (Organization of American States, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank) and spawned such programs as Cultural Assets; Washington, DC Independent Film Festival; Washington, DC Film Market; Cine Latino; Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase (MARS). She also produced seminars and conferences: Annual Roundtable on International Film Distribution (Washington, DC); Washington, DC Independent Film Festival Seminars; International, National and Regional Advocacy Forums for industry professionals; and others.

 

Born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Ms. Bidault (née Gomez-Robelo) is a dual-citizen France and American, is fluent in four languages: French, English, Spanish and Italian, grew up in Los Angeles, France and Switzerland, graduating high school from Westlake School for Girls; earned her Bachelor's degree from UCLA in Political Science, performed research for her Master’s degree in Paris at l'Institut des Etudes Politiques and La Sorbonne IV.

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Ms. Bidault is active with Women's organizations, including Women In Film & Television United States; WIFT International: a co-founding member of Women in Film International, served on the WIFTI board (2014 - 2018) as Vice Chair, Membership Chair, and WIFTI Short-Case Producer; a co-founding member of Women in Film & Television - Louisiana has served on the Board since 2011 and President (2016 - 2018); Co-Founder of Women in Film (France), Judge on the Women in Film Finishing Fund (2014, 2015, 2016) and a member of Women in Film & Video – Washington, DC (1995 to 2008) and volunteer for Women in Film Los Angeles.

 

Ms. Bidault won the Women in Film & Television Louisiana 2022 Iris Award for outstanding contributions to women in the industry, has also served on the Advisory Board of the New Orleans Film Society & Film Festival (2011 - 2018); served as a founding film advisor to the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History - Warner Bros. Theatre (2011); is a recipient of the US Department of State/ Secretary's Open Forum Award, the nation's second-highest award, for Outstanding Contribution to international cultural affairs and support to media arts (2002); Rettig Award/Rosebud Film Festival for Outstanding Service & Contribution to the Washington, DC; Maryland and Virginia film and video community, as well as other awards and recognition in the area of film and media.

 

Published Reports:

*America’s Image Abroad – The UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention & US Motion Picture Exports (pdf attached)

*Study Economic Impact of the Film Industry in Latin America. For a copy of the report, please contact: cbidault@mediafusionent.com

* Zagat's Movie Guide (with E! Entertainment)