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Noël Godin

ノエル・ゴディン　/　のえる・ごでぃん

Film director from Belgium

September 13, 1945 (age 80)　・　Liège, Belgium

film director
actor
writer

My Take

I love that Noel Godin's claim to fame isn't a film or a book but a flying pie. The 1998 ambush of Bill Gates in Brussels is one of those pranks that feels almost too perfect, and his deadpan line afterward, that his work was done, tells you everything about his sensibility. I see him as a satirist who turned slapstick into a kind of protest, puncturing self-importance one cream pie at a time. That 1995 black humor prize fits him exactly. He's a reminder that wit aimed at the powerful can land harder than any serious critique, and stays funnier too.

Overview

Noël Godin (born 13 September 1945) is a Belgian writer, critic, actor and notorious pie thrower or entarteur. Godin gained global attention in 1998 when his group ambushed Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in Brussels, pelting the software magnate with pies. After bombarding Gates, Godin allegedly said, "My work here is done." He has been described as "the French-speaking world's best-known prankster."

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Noël Godin
Name (Japanese): ノエル・ゴディン
Reading: のえる・ごでぃん
Born: September 13, 1945 (age 80)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Rooster
Origin: Liège, Belgium
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / actor / writer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

1995 Prix de l'Humour noir

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3

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