Gerard Depardieu is alive and well and has joined our industry. He goes by the name of Julien Signes, the CEO of encoder designer Envivio, but I am sure he is one and the same person. Sign’s has the gallic shrug, the same sense of boldness, like he is invincible, and the same sense of mischievous fun. Both of them make a living out of the movies. At IBC this year Sign’s tells me things that he knows his technology partners would rather he kept secret, then he laughs and says I am to be trusted and won’t repeat them. He invites us into his world of secrets and the dark arts of digital video, with a wink and his…