Team ELEVATE

After working as a press attaché for American films distributed by Metro-politan Filmexport, Florent Lamy founded Elevate Management. Based on the American model of talent management agencies, it specialises in representing American talent in France and Europe. Its first client is Oscar-winning director/writer/producer James Foley. Today the agency has a listing of a wide variety of talents and celebrities from around the world . With offices in London and Miami which opened in 2024, Florent Lamy is strengthening his links between the American and European industries with the Elevate Media Finance department, which aims to package, finance and produce Franco-American film and television projects in English. Several projects are currently in development and being financed.

Daniel Blanc travelled the world as a professional athlete, representing France in three different sports. With a degree in journalism, he went on to cover the world's biggest sporting events in front of and behind the cameras as an announcer and a producer for various European networks in London. As a producer Daniel contributed to the launch in Europe of ScreenSports and in the USA, to the launch of the first football channel, Fox Soccer Channel. His experience in the world of sports, entertainment and finance has enabled him to set up several companies ranging from Pole Position (professional athletes management, events/sports fundraising), White Windsor, a film finance company, to The Community, a New York-based production and finance company with which he has produced several feature films. 

 A New York City native, Barket graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in Philosophy. She joined Elevate as Head of Development in September with a mission to partner with U.S. talents and brands to foster strategic collaborations and drive international success.

Prior to her role with Elevate, Maddy held leadership roles in the Philosophy Department at Wesleyan and as well as jobs in retail and marketing.

With the opening of our New York office, Elevate Management takes a bold step forward in its mission to connect exceptional talent with the best opportunities on both sides of the Atlantic.

 John (Jac) Carlson is a former professional soccer player. Son of a US diplomat growing up John lived all over Western and Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean where he learned to speak many languages and played professional soccer and amateur ice hockey for various teams that included MTK Budapest FC, and FC Bayern II. John's experience as an athlete led him to work with professional skiers, gymnasts, soccer players, etc... in the healthcare industry where he launched wellness and health programs for hospitals designed to help athletes train and recover from injury as well as lowering high risk patients' profiles. John is married to Tawnya and has three children. All grew up playing competitive golf and played at the collegiate level as well as turning professional.