Dominique Farrugia

Dominique Farrugia (born 2 September 1962) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter, producer and humorist. He is a member and founder of the group of comedians Les Nuls alongside Alain Chabat and Chantal Lauby.

Dominique Farrugia
Dominique Farrugia in 1999
Born	Dominique Spiridion Léon Farrugia (1962-09-02) 2 September 1962 Vichy, France
Occupation	Actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, humorist
Years active	1985–present

Life and career

Farrugia was born in Vichy, France, to a Jewish pied-noir and Maltese family.[1]

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.

Filmography

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1990	Histoire(s) de la télévision	Gilles Gilet	Alain Berbérian Alexis Bouriquet	TV Series
1991	Les secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück	The sellor
1993	La Classe américaine	Voice	Michel Hazanavicius Dominique Mézerette	TV Movie
1994	La Cité de la peur	Various	Alain Berbérian
1995	Le futur		Dominique Farrugia	Short
1996	Delphine 1, Yvan 0	Serge	Dominique Farrugia
1997	Didier	Gilles	Alain Chabat
1998	Le clone	Receptionist	Fabio Conversi
	Que la lumière soit	Taxi driver	Arthur Joffé
1999	Le clone	The funeral home's employee	Dominique Farrugia
2000	Elie annonce Semoun	Various	Élie Semoun
	La cape et l'épée	Minstrel narrator	Jean-Jacques Amsellem	TV Series (2 Episodes)
2001	Gregoire Moulin vs. Humanity	The sport reporter	Artus de Penguern
	La stratégie de l'échec	The host	Dominique Farrugia
2003	Laisse tes mains sur mes hanches	The VIP dredger	Chantal Lauby
	The Car Keys	Himself	Laurent Baffie
2004	RRRrrrr!!!	The gourdinier	Alain Chabat
	Casablanca Driver	Walter Goudon	Maurice Barthélémy
2010	L'amour, c'est mieux à deux	A client	Dominique Farrugia Arnaud Lemort
2013	Y'a pas d'âge	Record label's boss	July Hygreck	TV Series (1 Episode)

As producer

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1994	10 ans de censure	Alain Berbérian	TV Movie
1996	Delphine 1, Yvan 0	Dominique Farrugia
1997	Echec au capital	Michel Hazanavicius	Short
1998	Paparazzi	Alain Berbérian
	Le clone	Fabio Conversi
1999	Mes amis	Michel Hazanavicius
2000	Most Promising Young Actress	Gérard Jugnot
2001	Vidocq	Pitof
2002	Monsieur Batignole	Gérard Jugnot
2003	Samedi soir en direct		TV Show
2008	Mes amis, mes amours	Lorraine Lévy
2009	R.T.T.	Frédéric Berthe
2010	L'amour, c'est mieux à deux	Dominique Farrugia Arnaud Lemort
2011	Le marquis	Dominique Farrugia
2012	Il était une fois, une fois	Christian Merret-Palmair
	Dépression et des potes	Arnaud Lemort
2014	Jamais le premier soir	Melissa Drigeard
2015	Bis	Himself
2016	Encore heureux	Benoît Graffin
2017	Sous le même toit	Himself

As director

Year	Title	Notes
1995	Le futur	Short
1996	Delphine 1, Yvan 0
1999	Trafic d'influence
2001	La stratégie de l'échec
2003	Samedi soir en direct	TV Show
2010	L'amour, c'est mieux à deux
2011	Le marquis
2015	Bis
2017	Sous le même toit

References

1. Statement on the 8 March 2011 Les Grosses Têtes show

External links

• Dominique Farrugia on IMDb