Anne-Marie Losique
Encyclopedia
Anne-Marie Losique is a television producer
, television host and singer in Quebec
, Canada
. Along with Marc Trudeau, she is co-founder of production company Image Diffusion International
. She is the daughter of Serge Losique
, president and founder of the Montreal World Film Festival
. She was born on july 13th 1969.
. She first became famous as the host of Box-office
, a cinema television magazine. Quebec comedians soon parodied her as a ditzy gal with the perpetual giggles (something she has been known for), but later ventures showed her potential as a businesswoman, now producing a vast array of trendy television shows through IDI seen across Canada
(see the list of her productions).
She also produced songs (dance music and other) and shot risqué music videos. She also shot one for a retake on Brigitte Bardot
's Tu veux ou tu veux pas, which is itself suggestive. http://Video.fr.sympatico.msn.com/v/fr-ca/v.htm?g=4c1d31d3-917c-4a71-ba10-a2e79d91b6bf&f=http://divertissement.sympatico.msn.ca/&fg=copy In her producing career, she has shown an interest for the sex industry
, hosting some of her sex-related shows herself. This earned her to be called "Sex mogul" in an article of alternative weekly
The Montreal Mirror. http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2004/021204/cover_showbiz.html Her propensity for seductive provocation has created an image and a slight controversy, which she parodied in her mockumentary
Bimbo, fantasmes et réalité.
Losique cast herself, along with pop singer Jacynthe, in her own adaptation of The Simple Life
, La Vie rurale. http://Video.fr.sympatico.msn.com/v/fr-ca/v.htm?g=5bd86aef-8b49-4caf-aea1-01a847fab8b3&f=http://divertissement.sympatico.msn.ca/&fg=copy She is also responsible for the importation of the American reality show The Surreal Life
(Des gens pas ordinaires) and the British comedy The Office
(La Job
). She had bought rights to an adaptation of the Thierry Ardisson
's French talk show 93, Faubourg Saint-Honoré but chose not to renew them for financial reasons.
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
, television host and singer in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Along with Marc Trudeau, she is co-founder of production company Image Diffusion International
Image Diffusion International
Image Diffusion International is a Quebec production company founded by Anne-Marie Losique and Marc Trudeau in 1995. Based in Montreal, it specializes in producing entertainment and lifestyle television magazines. Its shows are sometimes Quebec-based in French and sometimes edited in two versions,...
. She is the daughter of Serge Losique
Serge Losique
Serge Losique is the founder & president of the Montreal World Film Festival since its opening. He is the father of the well-known television host Anne-Marie Losique.- External links :*...
, president and founder of the Montreal World Film Festival
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
. She was born on july 13th 1969.
Profile
Losique studied theatre at La Sorbonne in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. She first became famous as the host of Box-office
Image Diffusion International
Image Diffusion International is a Quebec production company founded by Anne-Marie Losique and Marc Trudeau in 1995. Based in Montreal, it specializes in producing entertainment and lifestyle television magazines. Its shows are sometimes Quebec-based in French and sometimes edited in two versions,...
, a cinema television magazine. Quebec comedians soon parodied her as a ditzy gal with the perpetual giggles (something she has been known for), but later ventures showed her potential as a businesswoman, now producing a vast array of trendy television shows through IDI seen across Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
(see the list of her productions).
She also produced songs (dance music and other) and shot risqué music videos. She also shot one for a retake on Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is a French former fashion model, actress, singer and animal rights activist. She was one of the best-known sex-symbols of the 1960s.In her early life, Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer...
's Tu veux ou tu veux pas, which is itself suggestive. http://Video.fr.sympatico.msn.com/v/fr-ca/v.htm?g=4c1d31d3-917c-4a71-ba10-a2e79d91b6bf&f=http://divertissement.sympatico.msn.ca/&fg=copy In her producing career, she has shown an interest for the sex industry
Sex industry
The sex industry consists of businesses which either directly or indirectly provide sex-related products and services or adult entertainment...
, hosting some of her sex-related shows herself. This earned her to be called "Sex mogul" in an article of alternative weekly
Alternative weekly
An alternative newspaper is a type of newspaper, that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of stylized reporting, opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting local people and culture. Their news coverage is more...
The Montreal Mirror. http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2004/021204/cover_showbiz.html Her propensity for seductive provocation has created an image and a slight controversy, which she parodied in her mockumentary
Mockumentary
A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...
Bimbo, fantasmes et réalité.
Losique cast herself, along with pop singer Jacynthe, in her own adaptation of The Simple Life
The Simple Life
The Simple Life was a reality television series that was broadcast from December 2, 2003 to August 5, 2007. The first three seasons aired on Fox, and the final two on E!...
, La Vie rurale. http://Video.fr.sympatico.msn.com/v/fr-ca/v.htm?g=5bd86aef-8b49-4caf-aea1-01a847fab8b3&f=http://divertissement.sympatico.msn.ca/&fg=copy She is also responsible for the importation of the American reality show The Surreal Life
The Surreal Life
The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in Glen Campbell's former mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks...
(Des gens pas ordinaires) and the British comedy The Office
The Office (UK TV series)
The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...
(La Job
La Job
La Job is a French Canadian comedy television series set in Montreal. It is an adaptation of the British show The Office of the BBC. Produced by Anne-Marie Losique's Image Diffusion International, it has been broadcast for a limited number of viewers on Bell TV satellite television, beginning on...
). She had bought rights to an adaptation of the Thierry Ardisson
Thierry Ardisson
Thierry Ardisson , is a French television producer and host.-Bibliography:*T. Ardisson & Alain Decaux, Cinemoi*T.Ardisson & Alain Decaux, Rive droite*T.Ardisson et Alain Decaux, Louis XX*T.Ardisson, Pondichéry...
's French talk show 93, Faubourg Saint-Honoré but chose not to renew them for financial reasons.
See also
- Image Diffusion InternationalImage Diffusion InternationalImage Diffusion International is a Quebec production company founded by Anne-Marie Losique and Marc Trudeau in 1995. Based in Montreal, it specializes in producing entertainment and lifestyle television magazines. Its shows are sometimes Quebec-based in French and sometimes edited in two versions,...
(with the list of her productions) - List of Quebec television series imports and exports
- List of Quebec television series
- Television of QuebecTelevision of QuebecTelevision in Quebec is an essential part of the culture of Quebec, as well as the rest of French Canada. With over 99% of households owning a television in Quebec, it has the power to reach every Quebecer...
- Culture of QuebecCulture of QuebecThe Culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting from the shared history of the French-speaking majority in Quebec. It is unique to the Western World; Quebec is the only region in North America with a French-speaking majority, as well as one of only two provinces in Canada...
External links
- Anne-Marie Losique official site
- List of IDI productions broadcast via CHUM Television, with descriptions
- "Sex mogul" at The Montreal Mirror
Videos
- Another video of Losique teased by Ben Affleck on the set of The Sum of All Fears at Sympatico.msn.com (works with Microsoft Internet Explorer Only)
- Anne-Marie Losique in the music video for "Tu veux ou tu veux pas" at Sympatico.msn.com (works with Microsoft Internet Explorer Only)
- Anne-Marie Losique in the music video for "Taxi" at Sympatico.msn.com (works with Microsoft Internet Explorer Only)
- Anne-Marie Losique in the Quebec adaptation of The Simple Life at Sympatico.msn.com (works with Microsoft Internet Explorer Only)