Eleanor Coleman is a Paris based American producer and distributor who has worked for over 25 years in the European animation community.
Her career began with a 15-year tenure at TF1 in France as head of in-house production and business development across all platforms for children.
Since then, Eleanor works independently in animated feature film acquisitions and development with Indie Sales, where she has built an innovative prestigious lineup including the Oscar nominated film My Life as A Zucchini by Claude Barras.
Her animated television work concentrates on international business development for the award-winning studio, Blue Spirit in France and Canada. Her clients at Blue Spirit include Netflix Adult Animation Blue Eye Samurai, WBA Gremlins the Secrets of Mogwai, Marvel CU What If?…, as well as many major European broadcasters.
Eleanor is a founding member and co-vice president of the French association Les Femmes s'Animent, dedicated to gender parity and conscious content production.
She recently produced Iranian director Reza Riahi’s stop motion animated short, The Musician which premiered at TIFF won best film at Tribeca, was short listed for the Oscars in 2022 and sold to Paramount + for exclusive international distribution.