Société nouvelle de cinématographie

Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (New Society of Cinematography)
Company typeFilm production and distribution
IndustryFilm
Founded1934 (1934)
FounderRené Pignères and Léon Beytout
Defunct2013 (2013)
HeadquartersFrance
ProductsFilms
ServicesProduction, distribution
ParentGroupe M6 (2005–)

The Société nouvelle de cinématographie (SNC) is a French film production and distribution company founded in 1934 by René Pignères and Léon Beytout.

SNC produced and distributed many films with Louis de Funès including the six films in the Gendarme de Saint-Tropez series.

The company and its catalog now belong to the Groupe M6. In the 2010s, M6 Video re-released films from the SNC catalog in two collections: Les Classiques français (The French Classics) and Les Classiques italiens (The Italian Classics).