UIP's French outpost has announced the arrival of Camille Trumer as managing director. Trumer replaces former Polygram executive Jean-Paul Rougier who held the top spot at UIP France since July 2000.

The newly-installed Trumer has a varied background including a stint at UGC during which he passed from director of UGC Film Distribution to managing director of UGC's Belgian and Spanish subsidiaries. He also previously worked as head of Universal Pictures Video France and recently spent nearly 2 years in the music industry as managing director of BMG.

UIP has shuffled its staff over the past year in various locations but the French office has long had a prestigious roster of talent in the top job. Rougier, who left of his own accord, followed Franck Chorot (currently president of worldwide distribution and marketing at Gaumont) who himself replaced legendary French film executive Daniel Goldman.