Damien Megherbi

Damien Megherbi is a French producer, best known for producing the animated television series Samuel written and directed by Emilie Tronche, the feature film The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo by Diego Céspedes, selected at Un Certain Regard section at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, where it won the section's top prize and Yves Piat's short film Nefta Football Club which received critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2020 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and 2020 César Award for Best Short Film. In 2013 he co-founded the production and distribution company Les Valseurs with Justin Pechberty. He received the Best Animated Short Film Award at Ottawa International Animation Festival two years in a row (for producing Wicked Girl in 2017 and Guaxuma in 2018). In March 2019, his short film production Guaxuma received the Best Animated Film Award at SXSW. In May 2019, his live action short production She Runs received the "Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film" at Cannes' Critics' Week. In February 2019, his short film production Wicked Girl was awarded with the César for best animated short film. In September 2019, France Télévisions awarded him together with Justin Pechberty the "Jeune Producteur" €30,000-price. In January 2020, he received an Oscar nomination for the short film Nefta Football Club by Yves Piat. The same month, Nefta Football Club was nominated for a César Award for Best Short Film. In 2020, his short film production Nefta Football Club was both nominated Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and 2020 César Award for Best Short Film. In 2024, he produced the animated series Samuel. In 2025, three of his productions where selected at the Cannes film festival : The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo at Un Certain regard, where it won the section's top prize, Sleepless City at Critics week, and the documentary Militantroposat Director's Fortnight.