Shoot France like a local.
FixersInParis is a production service company for foreign productions shooting in France. Two brothers, two bases (Paris and the French Riviera), more than 100 productions since 2013 across advertising, feature films, documentaries, travel shows and hard news, for clients such as NBC Universal, Disney+, the BBC, Adidas, Ford, H&M, Visa and The Washington Post. We run the ground: budget, permits, locations, bilingual crew, logistics, on set.
Discover us through our website, or just watch our video presentation.
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On screen
Press play
▶ WatchAdidasStan Smith × Edison Chen2025 · Nice & Monaco
▶ WatchDisney+ / HuluBrawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story2023 · Paris
▶ WatchCopa90Kylian Mbappé: 93 Famille2023 · Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis
▶ WatchBoodles for BladesmanA Family Journey Around Europe in 10 Days2023 · Tuileries & Pavillon de Flore, Paris
▶ WatchVisaVisa Infinite for Brazil2024 · Paris
▶ WatchAM PicturesPerfectly Imperfect (Genieten voor 2)2024 · Trocadéro, Paris
▶ WatchAge of UnionCaught, by Emma Silverstone Segal2024 · France
▶ WatchBBC NewsnightProfile of Emmanuel Macron, with Gabriel Gatehouse2017 · Paris
▶ WatchNBC DatelineThe Window2022 · France
▶ WatchITNCalais and the migrant crisis2025 · Calais- 3satSterbende Demokratien (Dying Democracies)▶ Watch3sat for Autentic GmbHSterbende Demokratien (Dying Democracies)2024 · France
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What clients say
In their wordsI really can't recommend Élie highly enough. He is the best fixer we have worked with, hands down. Extremely hard working, very flexible, and, most of all, brilliant.
Elie Petit is a bilingual, intuitive French journalist with a strong knowledge of French politics, history and society. I have turned to him many times to assist our news teams on major breaking stories in France.
I worked with Elie on a very tricky project for Evian in France. He was fantastic and we would not have been able to get the project done without him. We had a really tight budget and needed to cast a long list of local talent in France. Whenever I shoot in France, whether it be in Paris or elsewhere, Elie is the first person I call.
I found Elie Petit through World Fixer, and I'm so grateful because Elie ended up being great support and collaborator on a challenging project I'm working on. No task is too big or small for him. He is responsive, organized and delivers what he promises. I highly recommend Elie for any project you might need in Paris.
More in clients and testimonials and the full track record.
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Your local producers
Both reachable directly
Founder & CEO · Producer · Journalist
Élie Petit
Access, permits, editorial
Journalist and producer, published in the Washington Post, the BBC and NPR, member of the Foreign Press Association in Paris. Founded FixersInParis in 2013. Handles multi-authority permit strategy, access to closed institutions, and editorial advisory for documentary and news teams. Teaches media and communication at Université Paris Nanterre.
COO · Producer · Line producer
Zacharie Petit
Crew, logistics, on set
Runs everything that has to physically happen: crew in every department, transport, equipment, accommodation, schedules built to survive a location falling through at 6am. On the ground at Cannes every May and with any production moving between regions. Writer-director and composer, with reporting credits for NBC and the Washington Post.
Why it matters who you hire. Most production service companies route you through an account manager. Here there are two of us, we are brothers, and one of us is on your job from quote to wrap.
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What we run for you
All formats01Production servicesThe whole ground operation of a foreign shoot in France: budget, crew contracts, permits, locations, transport, on-set management.Core
02Shooting permitsMunicipal, departmental, coastal, forest, drone, rail, heritage. Filed in the right order, tracked, chased.Core
03Line productionA French line producer who holds the schedule, the cost report and the crew, and answers to you.Core
05Crew sourcingBilingual heads of department and crew in every region, hired close to set to cut travel.Core
06Kit and gearCamera, lighting, grip, sound and drones from trusted French rental houses, delivered to set.Add-on
07Remote productionYou direct on a video link from your office. We shoot and upload rushes the same day.Add-on
08Editorial and cultural counselA journalist on your side for subjects you do not know from the inside.Add-on
Why it is called FixersInParis, and why we work everywhere
We started in 2013 as fixers for foreign newsrooms in Paris. The name stayed; the job grew. Today we run full productions for agencies, brands and broadcasters anywhere in France, with a second base in Cannes for the French Riviera and Monaco. The name tells you where we answer the phone. The work tells you we are a production service company.
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Where we work
Permit lead time from baseParis & Île-de-France15 working days
One online platform at the city film office and about five predictable reasons for refusal. Crews under ten with light kit can qualify for a faster declaration.
Authorities: City of Paris film office, Police Prefecture for night, uniforms and prop weapons. Monuments handled by their operators.
French Riviera & Monaco3 to 8 weeks
Our second base. The region with the most separate desks in France: filed one by one, a coastal sequence takes two months; filed together, three weeks.
Authorities: commune, Département, DDTM and Conservatoire du littoral, ONF for the massifs.
Normandy & Brittany2 to 4 weeks
Straightforward on paper, tight around the D-Day sites and the commemorative calendar.
Authorities: commune, Conservatoire du littoral on the coast.
Lyon & the French Alps3 to 6 weeks
Several passes are shut until June whatever your schedule says, and ski areas are run by private operators, not the town.
Authorities: regional film office, commune, ONF, prefecture for mountain airspace.
Also: Bordeaux and the Atlantic coast, Northern France, the Loire Valley and Monaco. One production often crosses three of these. That is where most service companies stop and we keep going.
What is a production service company in France?
A production service company is the local partner that runs the French side of a foreign production: it budgets the shoot, hires and contracts French crew, files permits, secures locations, organises transport and accommodation and manages the set. The foreign producer keeps creative control. FixersInParis does this across France from bases in Paris and Cannes.
Do you only work in Paris?
No. We work anywhere in metropolitan France, with a second base in Cannes for the French Riviera and Monaco. Regular regions include Normandy and Brittany, Lyon and the Alps, Bordeaux and the Atlantic coast, Northern France and the Loire Valley.
Are you fixers or a production company?
Both, by design. We started as fixers for foreign newsrooms and grew into a production service company for commercials, TV formats and documentaries. A fixer opens doors; a production service company also carries the budget, the crew contracts and the schedule. We do both, so nothing is handed over between two suppliers.
How fast do you answer?
Within three hours, by email, phone or WhatsApp. The person who answers is Élie or Zacharie, not an account manager.
How far in advance should we contact you?
As early as possible: standard shoots in Paris need about three weeks for permits, complex multi-authority shoots six to eight. We also handle urgent requests and will tell you plainly which locations can clear in your window.
Tell us what you need to shoot.
Format, dates, locations, crew size. We come back within three hours with what is possible and what is not.