Acting
Dominique Farrugia
Dominique Farrugia (born 2 September 1962) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, humorist and comedian. He is a member and founder of the group of comedians Les Nuls alongside Alain Chabat, Chantal Lauby and Bruno Carette.
Farrugia was born in Vichy, France, to a Jewish pied-noir and Maltese family.
Since the launching of Canal+, in 1984, he works in editing trailers and as a broadcast production assistant on the Tous en scène show. Thus he meets Canal+ first weatherman, Alain Chabat, with whom he would form the group of comedians Les Nuls alongside Chantal Lauby and Bruno Carette in 1986. In 1987 he is included in the writing of the TV series Objective: nul (7 d'Or for best comedy TV show), the first parody by Les Nuls. He hosts a parodic weather forecast in the 'JTN' of 'Nulle part ailleurs' from 1987 to 1988. Initially, he did not want to act, but rather write. The absence of one of the actors in an episode of Objective: nul accidentally placed him in front of the camera. TVN 595, a TV special which was broadcast in October 1988, won the 7 d'Or for best show. Les Nuls' career lasts until 1992.
In 1994, La Cité de la peur is released making 3,216,436 entries in the French box office.
After Les Nuls split, Dominique Farrugia starts a film career as a director with Delphine 1, Yvan 0 and Trafic d'influence. He subsequently becomes a producer founding the RF2K production company with the actor Olivier Granier.
In 1997 he founded the cable and satellite TV channel Comédie!, discovering new comic talents such as Les Robins des Bois, Franck Dubosc, Titoff, Kad & Olivier and Jonathan Lambert.
In April 2001, he created the cable and satellite TV channel Cuisine TV.
In 2001-2002, he produces Vidocq (1,865,998 entries in France) and Monsieur Batignole (1,872,045 entries in France).
In 2002, he first becomes director-general and deputy director of broadcasting and programming at Canal+ and later president from April 2002 to February 2003 and to date, only assistant becoming president of Canal+.
In July 2003, he created FEW (Farrudg Entertainment Worldwide), a media company producing feature films.
In 2007 he produced the show of Manu Payet, then two years later of Laurent Lafitte.
In 2009, he launched the website Les graves infos which presents false news. The site is closed on 23 February 2010.
In 2010, he co-directed with Arnaud Lemort the film L'amour c'est mieux à deux (1,250,000 entries in France, more profitable movie of 2010, with its particular stage of Clovis Cornillac, Virginia Efira and Manu Payet).
Between September 2010 and May 2011, he is a columnist in the show Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil, hosted by Bruce Toussaint, every Sunday on Canal+.
On 20 November 2012, FEW, his production company and Luc Besson's EuropaCorp, signed an agreement under which all FEW films will be produced exclusively in partnership with EuropaCorp.
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Filmography
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Vivement dimanche
Sacrée soirée
C à vous
Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second...
Clique
Salut les Terriens !
Salut les Terriens! is a French talk show hosted by Thierry Ardisson, launched on Canal+ on November 4, 2006, a...
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Burger Quiz
A French humorous game show taking place in a burger restaurant which is managed by the TV host.
On n'est pas couché
On n'est pas couché was a French talk show broadcast on France 2 on Saturdays at 11 p.m., hosted by Laurent Ruq...
Les Nuls, l'émission
Soda
The series follows Adam, an 18-year-old high school student as he struggles with amusing yet realistic everyday...
Hot Ones
Watch Kyan Khojandi interview celebrities as they burn their tastebuds!
RRRrrrr!!!
In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred yea...
Panique dans l'oreillette
Le Late avec Alain Chabat
Alain Chabat hosts a brand-new late show for TF1: games, fake ads, stand up, live music and interviews with all...
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projection...
Vidéo Club
La Cape et l'épée
Who Wants to Win Millions?
Starting with easy multiple-choice questions that gradually get more challenging, contestants have only their w...
Histoire(s) de la télévision
A.B.C.D. Nuls
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Didier
Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, d...
La Classe américaine
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American ne...
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
This series of sketches introduces doctor Apfelglück and four of his patients... and their rather peculiar and...
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
Show recorded on February 26, 1993 at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris for the benefit of the Restos du...
Camille & images en hebdo
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
Primetime special to celebrate 30 years of CANAL+.
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Behind the scenes of Chabat's take on Asterix.
L'Âge d'or de la pub
55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television screen. Ove...
Paparazzi
Franck shows up in a gossip magazine photo behind a brawling TV star at a football match.
Room(h)ates
Delphine and Yvan divorce. While his financial situation does not allow him to find a home, Yvan remembers that...
The Car Keys
Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
Show recorded at the Opéra Comique in Paris on March 6, 1995 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.
Let There Be Light!
God comes to Earth in order to make a film.
Bacri, comme un air de famille
Jean-Pierre Bacri was never happy about anything. But beyond the caricature of the grumpy man, from his apprent...