Lou Murrin-Honoré, Life In Paris

Lou Murrin-Honoré is a cross-cultural communications specialist with over twenty years’ experience in international media, who has held key creative and management roles in the television industry, including Director of Youth Channels for Turner Broadcasting, France as well as Head of Acquisitions for Lagardère Images International, which launched JCC, the first pan-Arabic media network for children, in partnership with Al Jazeera and the Qatar Foundation. Formerly a Commissioning Editor and International Programming Buyer at Canal+, Lou has extensive experience in documentary film. With degrees in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MBA) from HEC School of Management in Paris, and a B.A. in French Literature and Civilization from Middlebury College, US, Lou also studied international politics at L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po).

Lou grew up in Ft. Worth, Texas and has lived in Paris for the past 25 years. She promotes cross-cultural understanding among children and adults through education and the arts. She designs and leads workshops at The School of Life, Paris and in French primary schools, to promote greater understanding of secularism and world’s religions. She is the happy mother of two boys, one who is in college in the States.