Madeleine Savage (France)
Commissioning Editor
France Télévisions

For the past fifteen years Madeleine has been working within France Télévisions firstly as Executive Producer and then Commissioning Editor within the Department for Coproductions and International Acquisitions.

Born in England, Madeleine has been living in France for the past 30 years. Initially working as buyer and film researcher on various magazine programmes, she moved on to produce factual programming series for state broadcasters France 2 and France 5, often in collaboration with international partners. 


Company Bio:

France Télévisions is the nation’s public service broadcaster, with two general channels (F2 & F3), one more specialised factual channel (F5) and one oriented towards children’s, youth and cultural programming (F4). The unit Madeleine represents acquires and coproduces documentaries for all channels in the France Télévisions group, and for its streaming service france.tv. 

 Their main coproduction need is for big specials – high quality spectacular programmes on science and technology, ancient civilisations, and human origins. We may on some rare occasions coproduce programmes on history or international politics, and on wildlife and the environment.