Pascal Hérold (born November 30, 1949, Neuilly-sur-Seine,

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) is a French businessman and producer. He is the founder of Duran Duboi,

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, and the Hérold & Family studio. Hérold studied at Stanislas College. In 1966, he created a rock band with Olivier de Funès on drums. In 1974, he and his wife founded Laboratoire DUPON, a professional photographic laboratory. In 1984, he founded with Bernard Maltaverne and a few friends the company DURAN, specializing in editing and

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for television. In the following years, Duboi specialized in special effects for cinema. He joined successively with

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, Tarek Ben Ammar and Jérôme Deschamps. His name is associated with the films: Joan of Arc,

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, and Immortel. In 1997, Pascal Hérold was chairman of the technical film company Duran Duboi. In 2005, he left the group to found his own film production company "Hérold & Family" and the studio Delacave. He also created the video game company

, which experienced success through the " Virtual Skipper" game and the

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series that led to its sale to

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. He produced three feature films for the cinema and directed two animated films.

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1949 births Living people French businesspeople French film producers {{catimprove, date=November 2021