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Christophe Lambert, (born October 10, 1964 in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France, died May 13, 2016 in Marseille) was a French advertising executive, writer, and political consultant.

Biography
The youngest of three boys, Christophe Lambert grew up in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris. He studied political science in Canada, and upon graduation, chose the same profession as his father: advertising.

Lambert worked his way up in a number of advertising agencies, starting in 1984, when he became an adversiting manager at McCann Erickson Paris. After a stint at BDDP as deputy general manager, he moved quickly to Opera RLC, then to Euro RSCG, where he served as chair from 1990, then to CLM/BBDO where he was CEO from 1996, then moving to serve as head of the Publicis Conseil agency in 2003.

In January 2007, he left Publicis to create FFL with Fred Raillard and Farid Mokart in January 2007. But the association of the three advertisers did not last, and Lambert left the company in September 2008.

He then created advertising agency Blue Advertainment with filmmaker Luc Besson, billed as "the first French advertising agency", focusing on a blend of advertising and entertainment. In 2009, the agency secured as a client the Union for a Popular Movement, the political party of Nicolas Sarkozy, at the time the President of France. Lambert became communication advisor to Sarkozy. He was also involved in the communication of the UMP list in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur for the 2010 French regional elections.

In July 2010, Lambert became Managing Director of EuropaCorp, the film studio of French filmmaker Luc Besson. In this capacity he served as producer of several EuropaCorp features, notably 2014's Lucy, the biggest international commercial success in French cinema history. He stepped down in February 2016.

Lambert died on May 13, 2016, aged 51 years, at the North Hospital of Marseille, following a cancer diagnosis just two months earlier.

Personal Life
In 1987, he married Anne-Marie Cahier, a marriage that lasted a little over two years.

In 1991, he married the co-founder of the BDDP agency, Marie-Catherine Dupuy. They have a son, Camille Lambert.

In 2004, he married Marie Sara, a horse-riding woman. They have a daughter named Rebekah born in December 2000 and a son named Lalo born in April 2002.

Publications
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 * The Society of Fear, Paris, Plon Editions, August 25, 2005 ( ISBN 978-2259202978 )

Filmography

 * 2013 : Möbius, written and directed by Éric Rochant
 * 2013 : It Boy, directed by David Moreau
 * 2013 : Les Invincibles, directed by Frédéric Berthe
 * 2014 : Never on the First Night, directed by Mélissa Drigeard
 * 2014 : Lucy, directed by Luc Besson
 * 2016 : Nine Lives, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld