Christophe Erbes was born in 1963 in Paris and studied mathematics, telecommunications science and economics. After some scientific research in Montreal, he worked for Canal+ International in Paris. He was then responsible for the kids and short films department at Première in Hamburg before becoming Head of Programmes at S-RTL / Disney in Cologne. After being Deputy Managing Director and Head of Programmes of Nickelodeon Germany, he was Managing Director at Fox Kids / Jetix in Madrid, London and Munich.

Living now mostly in the Dordogne, he is an international media consultant focusing on content strategies. He also hosts numerous media festivals and podium discussions. Under his pseudonym Theo de Marcousin, he’s a published kids’ books author as well as an animated film writer.