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Remy Blumenfeld | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Television producer |
| Employer(s) | ITV[1], Endemol[2],Brighter Pictures[2] |
| Family | [3] |
Remy Blumenfeld (born October 13, 1965 ) is a British television producer and format creator, who co-founded the production company Brighter Pictures which he sold to Endemol for £15m[4] in 2004.[2][1] He is TV format creator of There's Something About Miriam, Gay, Straight or Taken?, Wudja Cudja, and Undercover Lovers.[5][6]
Until 2010 he was director of formats at ITV.[7]He is the son of Yorick and Helaine Blumenfeld, and the grandson of Erwin Blumenfeld.[8] In 2013 he made a documentary – The Man Who Shot Beautiful Women – about his grandfather for BBC4.[9] He has also worked on the documentary The Other Francis Bacon, and on Get a New Life, a reality TV show.[10]
Blumenfeld was ranked #19th in The Independent on Sunday's 2006 Pink List of most influential gay men and women in the UK.[4]
Career[edit]
Blumenfeld has created and produced more than 30 original Television series, including BBC1's Tabloid Tales with Piers Morgan and My Worst Week, and BBC2's Get A New Life, reportedly by The Guardian[2]
He founded his production company Brighter Pictures along with Gavin Hay in 1991. Later, Brighter Pictures was bought by Endemol in 2001[1], but he remained as creative director at Endemol UK for Brighter Pictures.[2]
Later, Blumenfeld joins a production company, ITV as ITV Studios director of formats, where he exported TV shows such as Come Dine With Me, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and Four Weddings around the world and launched production divisions in the France and Spain.[11]
In 2010, Broadcast (magazine) reports, he grew the company's business by 41% at at ITV Studios. In 2009, he booked £138 million in total sales, taking Four Weddings from nothing to 12 territories, Come Dine with Me, from 12 to 32, and lunching May The Best House Win, Coach Trip, and Pineapple Dance Studios into the international market. He also established wholly owned format creator subsidiaries in France and Spain.[12]
In 2016, he co-founded The Hot House, a £3 million (US$4.3 million) TV production incubator.[13][14][15] He has also produced many plays including Eunuchs In My Wardrobe[16], Julie Burchill Is Away, and Tennessee Williams's Confessional.[17]
Recognition[edit]
- In 2006, he appeared on the Independent on Sunday "Pink List" as the 19th most influential LGBT person in the UK.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Plunkett, John (November 17, 2005). "Big Brother moves house". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c d e Holmwood, Leigh (October 30, 2008). "ITV appoints There's Something About Miriam producer for global formats role". The Guardian.
- ^ Teeman, Tim (September 14, 2014). "Vogue Photographer Erwin Blumenfeld: Secrets of a Fashion Legend". The Daily Beast.
- ^ a b c "Gay Power: The pink list". The Independent. July 1, 2006.
- ^ Fenton, Andrew (March 20, 2012). "TSwitched On's list of the 10 greatest reality show villains". news.com.au.
- ^ Fenton, Andrew (March 20, 2012). "The best reality show villains ever". The Advertiser (Adelaide).
- ^ Midgley, Neil (July 7, 2010). "Lee Bartlett to leave ITV". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Lutyens, Dominic (June 20, 2012). "Capel Manor: a truly modernist home". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Tamsin Blanchard (18 May 2013). The extraordinary story of Erwin Blumenfeld. The Daily Telegraph. Accessed February 2017.
- ^ Hobbs, Thomas (June 19, 2017). "The disputed legacy of There's Something About Miriam: how the "trans trick" lives on". New Statesman.
- ^ Turner, Mimi (July 7, 2010). "Bartlett, Blumenfeld to leave ITV Studios". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "The Dealmakers Format kings". Broadcast (magazine) (September 2010): p.45.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ "Blumenfeld, Bodle open Hot House". c21media.net. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ Bueren, Sophie Von (August 8, 2016). "A Hot House for Creative Talent". wsimag.com.
- ^ Campbell, Lisa (April 23, 2013). "Remy Blumenfeld launches indie". Broadcastnow.
- ^ Wallace, Taylor (August 27, 2011). "Eunuchs In My Wardrobe (Remy Blumenfeld And Scamp Theatre)". ThreeWeeks.
- ^ Longman, Will (Aug 23, 2016). "Holby star Rob Ostlere cast in Tennessee Williams' Confessional". WhatsOnStage.com.
External links[edit]
Category:Living people Category:British television executives Category:National Youth Theatre members Category:British Jews Category:People educated at Bedales School
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