Nora MELHLI

Nora MELHLI built her career as a producer both in France and abroad. She is a former high-performance athlete (1,500m athletics) and speaks French, English, Spanish, and Moroccan Arabic. She joined the international co-production department of Dune Productions in 1998. She moved to the Lagardère group in 2002, and partnered with Jérôme Minet at Studio International before selling it to Telfrance five years later. During this period Nora produced films and mini-series, in collaboration with several European countries, which were shot in France and abroad. They include Pepe Carvalho, Colette, Bel Ami and L’Affaire Villemin.

In France she created the original drama divisions for two of the largest international groups in Europe: for Endemol in 2007 and then for Shine in 2012. Her production credits for them include Yann Piat, Chronique d’un Assassinat for Canal+, the series The Tunnel in co-production with Canal+ and Sky UK, and Malaterra for FranceTV,  which was adapted from the British series Broadchurch.

Nora joined Altice Group in 2016 as Creative Director of Original Programmes and developed the group’s international cinema and series strategy. She co-produced the series The Medici, Riviera, Britannia and Tin Star for SVOD and for the group’s various channels.

In 2018 she joined forces with Jacques Arthur Essebag to co-found ALEF ONE. Since then she has been developing and producing content for French and international markets, notably films and series such as Flight MH370 and Water Wars.

From September 2011 to December 2013, Nora was Vice-President of the Innovation Support Fund at the CNC (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image). She is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the “Festival Séries Mania”.

Nora was elected president of the SPI audiovisual board (Independent Producers Union) in May of 2021.