Olivier Barbier has worked in international sales, acquisitions and co-production for the past fifteen years. He has been involved in films including, Daniel Blake, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Worst Person in the World and Anatomy of a Fall.

In 2024, he co-founded Lucky Number where he heads acquisitions. The company has handled films including Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Trail, Emin Alper’s Salvation, as well as Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36, and Shahrbanoo Sadat’s No Good Men.