Janine Lorente Joins SGAE as Deputy General Director

Janine Lorente has been appointed as SGAE’s deputy general director. A professional with a long experience in international collective management and intellectual property, she has worked in France and in the United States in several collective management organisations, including Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD), and has served in international organisations such as SAA, CISAC or Directors Guild of America (USA).

Her work at SGAE will focus on the commercial side of the business, with special attention to digital rights in the Information Systems Department and the International Department. With this appointment, SGAE further strengthens its management team, in line with the entity's strategic plan.    

International experience  

Ms. Lorente was appointed Director of International Affairs of SACD in 1993. She strongly contributed to the development of an international strategy aimed at promoting the status of authors with international organizations, and at obtaining the recognition of screenwriters and film directors as co-authors of audiovisual works in many countries.

In June 2000, she joined the Directors Guild of America (DGA) in Los Angeles as Executive in charge of International Affairs.  She focused on strenghtening DGA's position internationally and with the European authorities, in particular.

In 2003, she came back to SACD, propelling the society forward as it adapted to the numerous challenges faced by the system of collective management of audiovisual and performance rights. Janine Lorente also took charge of and developed SACD’s international and European policy. In 2008, she was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Compositeurs (CISAC), where she served a two-term mandate.

In 2012, she was elected Chair of the Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA). Launched in 2009, at the initiative of SACD and of the German, Belgian, British and Swiss societies, SAA today groups 25 collective management organisations protecting and promoting the rights of audiovisual authors in 18 European countries.  It promotes the interests of over 120,000 screenwriters and directors of feature films, television and new media.