JJ Lousberg is the Managing Director and Producer at Magical Society UK, which he co-founded with Paul Trijbits as a partnership with the Paris-based television and film studio Magical Society set up by Aton Soumache and Joann Sfar.
Lousberg recently produced Day & Night, the top-rated medical series for Dutch broadcaster NPO, with a second season in production and a third in prep. Previously he was Focus Features / Universal’s SVP International Productions and Acquisitions, working across the slate on films like Inglorious Basterds, Ex Machina, Mama and Theory of Everything.
As the head of the international production division at Universal & Focus, Lousberg also oversaw the local language production and acquisition strategy for the studio, co-producing numerous local hit films in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico and Australia.
Magical Society currently has BBC One drama Virdee in post-production and is preparing a live-action adaptation of St Exupery’s beloved masterpiece The Little Prince. Also in pre-production is Klezmer, based on Joann Sfar’s graphic novel series, a Wild-East action-adventure set in 1903 Odesa, to be directed by Fauda’s Assaf Bernstein.