Anne-Marie Losique (also known by the stage name AML born July 14, 1965) is a
television producer
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,
television host
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and
singer
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in
Quebec
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, Canada. Along with
Marc Trudeau, she is co-founder of production company
Image Diffusion International
Image Diffusion International (IDI) 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 Queb ...
. She is the daughter of
Serge Losique, president and founder of the
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Internat ...
. She's the owner and current CEO of
VanessaTV (now
VividTV Canada), the first French adult entertainment channel in
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
.
Profile
Losique studied theatre at ''
La Sorbonne
The University of Paris (french: link=no, Université de Paris), Metonymy, metonymically known as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, active from 1150 to 1970, with the exception between 1793 and 1806 under the French Revo ...
'' in
Paris
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. She first became famous as the host of ''
Box-office
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'', 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
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(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 Anne-Marie Bardot ( ; ; born 28 September 1934), often referred to by her initials B.B., is a former French actress, singer and model. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated characters with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the ...
's ''Tu veux ou tu veux pas'', which is itself suggestive
In her producing career, she has shown an interest for the
sex industry
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, hosting some of her sex-related shows herself. This earned her to be called "Sex mogul" in an article of
alternative weekly
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''
The Montreal Mirror
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''
Her propensity for seductive provocation has created an image and a slight controversy, which she parodied in her
mockumentary
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These productions are often used to analyze or comment on c ...
''
Bimbo, fantasmes et réalité''.
Losique cast herself, along with pop singer
Jacynthe
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, in her own adaptation of ''
The Simple Life
''The Simple Life'' is an American reality television series starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. It depicts the two wealthy socialites, as they struggle to do manual, low-paying jobs such as cleaning rooms, farm work, serving meals in fast ...
'', ''La Vie rurale''
She is also responsible for the
List of Quebec television series imports and exports, importation of the American reality show ''
The Surreal Life
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'' (''Des gens pas ordinaires'') and the British comedy ''
The Office
''The Office'' is a mockumentary sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, first made in the United Kingdom, then Germany, and subsequently the United States. It has since been remade in ten other countries.
The original series of ...
'' (''
La Job
''La Job'' is a Canadian French-language comedy television series set in Montreal, Quebec. It is an adaptation of the British show ''The Office''. Produced by Anne-Marie Losique's Image Diffusion International, it has been broadcast for a limit ...
''). She had bought rights to an adaptation of the
Thierry Ardisson
Thierry Ardisson (; born 6 January 1949, Bourganeuf, Creuse), is a French television producer and host and a movie producer.
Many of his shows have some of the longest run times on French television, such as ''Paris Dernière'', ''Tout le mo ...
's French talk show ''
93, Faubourg Saint-Honoré'' but chose not to renew them for financial reasons.
See also
*
Image Diffusion International
Image Diffusion International (IDI) 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 Queb ...
(with the list of her productions)
*
List of Quebec television series imports and exports
This is a list of Quebec television series imports and exports.
Imports
Exports
See also
*EdTV (an American remake of the Quebec film ''Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes)'')
*List of Quebec television series
*Te ...
*
List of Quebec television series
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*
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*
Culture of Quebec
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External links
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Anne-Marie Losique official siteList of IDI productions broadcast via CHUM Television, with descriptionsat
The Montreal Mirror
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Videos
Another video of Losique teased by Ben Affleck on the set of ''The Sum of All Fears''at
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Anne-Marie Losique in the music video for "Tu veux ou tu veux pas"at
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Anne-Marie Losique in the music video for "Taxi"at
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Anne-Marie Losique in the Quebec adaptation of ''The Simple Life''at
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Living people
Canadian television producers
Canadian women television producers
Canadian people of Yugoslav descent
Quebecers of French descent
People from Montreal
University of Paris alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
1965 births