Lux Vide boss Luca Bernabei is exiting the firm he joined more than three decades ago, with Fremantle upping its 70% stake to 100%.
Bernabei, whose father Ettore Bernabei co-founded Lux Vide in 1992, joined The Medici, Costiera and Sandokan producer in 1994 as an associate producer and worked his way up to CEO in 2013. Luca Bernabei’s sister Matilde Bernabei, who also founded the company, will remain on the board and become Lux Vide President.
During Luca Bernabei’s tenure, the company became the first in Italy to win an Emmy for Joseph from The Bible Collection and picked up Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for co-produced Coco Chanel. Other big-budget credits include Netflix‘s Medici starring Dustin Hoffman, Richard Madden and Sean Bean, Prime Video’s Leonardo starring Aidan Turner and Devils, the high-stakes financial thriller with Patrick Dempsey.
Bernabei is exiting as Fremantle ups its stake to 100%. The super-indie took a 70% stake in Lux Vide in 2022, with the founding Bernabei family retaining the remaining 30% at that point.
Alongside Matilde Bernabei, the new Lux Vide board will include Valerio Fiorespino (COO and interim CEO of the Fremantle Italy Group); Elena Bucaccio (Head of Drama Lux Vide); Corrado Trionfera (Head of Production Lux Vide); Manuela Monterossi (General Counsel of the Fremantle Italy Group); Valentina Monaca (CFO of the Fremantle Italy Group) and Barbara Pavone (Chief Marketing and Sales Officer). Lux Vide’s leadership team also includes Sabina Marabini (Head of Local Development), Niccolò Dal Corso (Head of International Development), who will report to Bucaccio.
Bernabei is not the first founder of a Fremantle-backed production outfit to step down this week. On Wednesday, Gaspard de Chavagnac, the co-founder and CEO of Asacha Media Group, revealed he was exiting as Fremantle completed its integration of Death in Paradise producer Asacha.
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