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Simon Fuller

サイモン・フラー　/　さいもん・ふらー

Record producer from United Kingdom

May 17, 1960 (age 66)　・　Hastings, United Kingdom

record producer
television producer
talent agent

My Take

Simon Fuller fascinates me because he did not merely manage talent—he industrialized the discovery of it. Creating the Idol format, from Pop Idol to American Idol, changed how a generation found its pop stars and how television thought about audience participation. You can debate the artistic merits of talent shows, but you cannot deny the scale of the cultural shift he engineered from behind the scenes. A boy from Hastings who earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame without ever performing himself—that is a particular kind of genius. I respect builders of systems, and Fuller built one of pop culture's biggest.

Overview

Simon Robert Fuller (born 17 May 1960) is a British entrepreneur, artist manager, and film and television producer. He is the creator of the Idols TV format, including the British series Pop Idol and the American series American Idol.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Simon Fuller
Name (Japanese): サイモン・フラー
Reading: さいもん・ふらー
Born: May 17, 1960 (age 66)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Rat
Origin: Hastings, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: record producer / television producer / talent agent / talent manager / film producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: William Parker Sports College

Awards & achievements

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

3. Relationships

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

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.xixentertainment.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Fuller

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