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Iris Knobloch
President of the Cannes Film Festival
Iris Knobloch (born 13 February 1963 in Munich) is a German film programmer, lawyer, media executive, and the President of the Cannes Film Festival since 2022, the first woman to hold the position.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Iris Knobloch (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Feb 13, 1963.1
Companies
- Vail ResortsBoard member Feb 6, 2024 to now14
- LazardBoard member Apr 4, 2018 to now15
Holdings
Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.
Shares held
Vail Resorts MTN1,907 shares16$287.7K at $150.88Sep 27, 2025
As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.
Recent filings
- Sep 27, 2025Shares withheld for tax 52 shares at $147.74 of Vail Resorts16
- Sep 27, 2025Exercised options 1,281 shares of Vail Resorts16
- Feb 2, 2025Exercised options 678 shares of Vail Resorts17
Early life and education
- Date not recordedLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München3
Career
Occupation: lawyer, jurist.8
- Since 2023Cannes festival president6
- Since 2023Chair, Cannes Film Festival7
- Date not recordedWorked at WarnerMedia4
- Date not recordedWorked at Warner Bros. Entertainment4
- Date not recordedBoard member, Lazard5
Knobloch studied law at LMU Munich, where she obtained a doctorate. She also holds a Master of Laws degree from New York University.
She began her career as a lawyer at Norr, Stiefenhofer & Lutz and O'Melveny & Myers in Munich, New York and Los Angeles.
In 2006, she was appointed president of Warner Bros. Entertainment in France, holding the position for fifteen years. In 2020 she became the President of WarnerMedia France, Benelux, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
In 2021, she left Warner Bros to found I2PO, a Special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in the entertainment sector with the Pinault family and banker Matthieu Pigasse.
In March 2022, she was appointed President of the Cannes Film Festival, succeeding Pierre Lescure in 2023, thus becoming the first woman to hold the position.
From Wikipedia’s article on Iris Knobloch (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Personal life
She is the daughter of Charlotte Knobloch and granddaughter of Fritz Neuland, both were Holocaust survivors.
From Wikipedia’s article on Iris Knobloch (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Awards
- Date not recordedBavarian Order of Merit12
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataIris Knobloch on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaIris Knobloch on Wikipedia
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- 10Wikidataplace of birth, as reported
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- 13WikidataIris Knobloch: IMDb, on Wikidata
- 14SEC EDGARVail Resorts, Board member
- 15Wikidata and SEC EDGARLazard, Board member
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- 17SEC EDGARForm 4 filed Feb 4, 2025
- 18Wikimedia CommonsIris Knobloch photo by Elyot Boudart, CC BY-SA 4.0