Documentary Feature About Carlos Ghosn Heading To Netflix

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• A feature documentary chronicling the meteoric rise of Ghosn, internal rivalries, tensions he sparked within Nissan-Renault and his dramatic arrest. It is a global investigative film with a team of talented journalists spanning France, Japan and the UK. It was filmed in France, Japan, the UK, Brazil & Lebanon. Carlos Ghosn is not involved in the creative process.

• The documentary includes interviews of key stakeholders both in Europe, Middle East, Brazil and Japan (Louis Schweitzer, Patrick Pelata, Hiroto Saikawa, Ravinder Passi, Nayla Beydoun, Takashi Takano and many more).

• We have worked to put a team together from France and Japan to ensure journalistic insights - coupled with an award-winning UK director with a great mix of current affairs journalism and cinematic ambition.

• It is directed by BAFTA award winning director Lucy Blakstad who is as well known for her documentaries as she is for commercials. Critically acclaimed documentary work for the BBC includes “Lido”, “Carlos Acosta the Reluctant Ballet dancer” for Imagine, a series called “Naked” about how you feel about your body at different lifestages and a trilogy called “Bridges” which took her to Bosnia and New York.

• The show is produced by:

◦ Multi award-winning Paul Moreira who has worked on investigative documentaries with several major European broadcasters. He recently directed an episode for Netflix's in production doc series “World’s Most Wanted”. He is the founder of French production company, Premières Lignes, based in Paris.

◦ Tokyo-based Hyoe Yamamoto studied filmmaking at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He made his feature debut with the documentary - Samurai And Idiots: The Olympus Affairs - co-produced with BBC, ZDF, and ARTE. He also directed a short documentary - Japan’s Tattoo Outlaws - for Al Jazeera English.

• It will release on Netflix in H2 2022 (TBD)

Source Netflix, Inc.

March 11, 2022 4:00am ET by Pressparty  

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