1. Thierry Ardisson is the author of several books, including best-sellers.
17 Facts About Thierry Ardisson
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Thierry Ardisson is a Legitimist Royalist and a friend of Louis Alphonse de Bourbon, Legitimist claimant to the French throne.
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In 1969, Ardisson moved to Paris to start a career in advertising.
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Thierry Ardisson was first hired at BBDO, then at TBWA, and later at Ted Bates, before founding his own agency, Business, in 1978 with Eric Bousquet and Henri Bache.
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In 1984, Thierry Ardisson was hired as the vice-director of publications for the Hachette-Filipacchi press group.
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Thierry Ardisson sold his shares of the company back to Hachette-Filipacchi in 1995.
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In 1998, Thierry Ardisson launched the consumer magazine J'economise which peaked at 420,000 prints.
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In 1980, in the course of the interviews that his agency Business conducted for French newspapers and magazines, Thierry Ardisson interviewed French tennis player Yannick Noah who admitted to smoking hashish and that tennis players regularly took amphetamines before the games, a scandal that led to his first appearance on television.
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Thierry Ardisson then coproduced the show A la folie pas du tout from 1986 to 1987, hosted by later-famous news anchor host, Patrick Poivre-d'Arvor.
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From 1987 to 1988, Thierry Ardisson produced for the TV network La Cinq the show Face a Face, hosted by Guillaume Durand, as well as Bains de minuit, a late-night show shot in the then-trendy night club Les Bains Douches that he hosted.
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In 1995, Thierry Ardisson produced and hosted Paris Derniere on the French cable channel Paris Premiere.
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In 1998, Thierry Ardisson joined France 2 to host Tout le monde en parle each Saturday at prime time, alongside Laurent Ruquier, Linda Hardy, Kad et Olivier and Laurent Baffie.
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From 2003 to June 2007, Thierry Ardisson hosted 93, faubourg Saint-Honore on Paris Premiere, a dinner in his parisian apartment with a panel of various celebrities.
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In 2005, Thierry Ardisson created the Ardimages group to produce feature films and television series.
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In 2012, Thierry Ardisson produced his first feature film, Max, directed by Stephanie Murat with Joey Starr and Mathilde Seigner, and distributed by Warner Bros.
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In 2013, Thierry Ardisson began producing a second feature film, The Gift, directed by Jean-Paul Rouve and starred Michel Blanc, Annie Cordy, Chantal Lauby and Audrey Lamy.
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On 29 August 2014 Thierry Ardisson joined Laurent Ruquier's "Les Grosses Tetes" on RTL.