From Black Swan to Lost Illusions (Les illusions perdues), C'est La Vie (Le sens de la fête) and Wolverine,Benoît Mély's career has been driven by a passion for cinema.
After a post-graduate degree in Law and Audiovisual Management, and experience working with the communication and marketing departments of Arte, TF1 International, and the Army Cinema, he discovered distribution in 2001 at Bac Films, where he worked as project manager during the release of The Pianist, The Son's Room (La Chambre du Fils) and The Heart of Me (Cœur des hommes).