MARIKE MUSELAERS started her career at Fortissimo Films and RTL Netherlands before joining the Lumière team. During her almost 15 year journey (and counting) at the Lumière Group, Marike has moved from sales, acquistions and coproductions to co-CEO of the Lumière Group, in her words “a full ecosystem in which production, financing, distribution, streaming platforms www.mylum.tv and www.cinemabijjethuis.be, 4 cinemas and 2 animation studios are all working closely together to bring the best stories to the Benelux audience and the rest of the world”. In her current role as Chief Content & Partnerships Officer, and now based in Stockholm, Marike is responsible for international financing, co-productions, acquisitions and business development within the Lumière Group. She enjoys finding and financing new TV series, connecting the right people and creating innovative business models and partnerships.
Recently (co-)produced by Lumière are acclaimed films CLEO, LE CIEL FLAMAND, JOSEP and UN MONDE, TV series seasons of THE TEAM, OCCUPIED, STHLM REQUIEM, STATE OF HAPPINESS and BLACK SANDS, and animated pre-school series OLLIE. Lumière’s first own TV production, Belgian repatriation TV drama/comedy SOIL, was recently produced for SBS Belgium, ZDF Neo and Netflix.
Next to her work at the Lumière Group, Marike is coaching (Central Eastern European) producers and writers in her role as Financing Tutor for the Midpoint Series Launch program, and she is a member of the advisory board of TV Drama Vision and Nostradamus at the Göteborg Film Festival. She also enjoys being a keynote speaker, moderator and panel guest at many industry events like Berlinale, Cannes Film Festival, SeriesMania, TV Beats Tallinn and C21 London.
