Jules Dove Attia (
Arabic: جول دوف عطية) better known as Dove Attia (born in
Tunisia on 8 June 1957) is a musical producer television personality.
Beginnings
Dove Attia is a French citizen born to a
Tunisian father who was an electrician and a French mother. At 15 he studied guitar and tried his hand at composition and singing, particularly rock music. Dreaming of a music career, he formed his own school band with some of his schoolmates. After getting his baccalaureate, he settled in Paris where he studied at
Lycée Chaptal
The Lycée Chaptal, formerly the Collège Chaptal, is a large secondary school in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, named after Jean-Antoine Chaptal, with about 2,000 pupils. It was taken over by the City of Paris in 1848 after the founder ran into ...
and he became an intern at
Lycée Saint-Louis. He also continued his studies at l'
École polytechnique and received a Master of Advanced Studies (DEA) at
Université Paris-Dauphine.
[''Le Figaro'': Dove Attia, déchargeur de camions à Rungis]
After graduation, he taught mathematics, physics and chemistry at Lycée Chaptal where he had studied. And starting 1990, he prepared students at the lycée for placement in various higher education institutions.
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Career
Always having artistic aspirations, he worked in the early 1990s as an author and a journalist preparing in collaboration with Léon Zitrone a collection of documentary videos about the most important events of the 20th century. In 1996, he also co-wrote with Albert Cohen a biographical book ''La légende du 100m: Un siècle pour une seconde'' a biography of runner Carl Lewis. He held high administrative positions as General Director of the main French television station TF1
TF1 (; standing for ''Télévision Française 1'') is a French commercial television network owned by TF1 Group, controlled by the Bouygues conglomerate. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network.
TF1 is par ...
's international operations, and later as president of Tekelec Europe, provider of electronic products.
Dove Attia then moved on to cowrite with Lambert Vincent the scenario for the Didier Delaître long feature television film ''Passion assasine''. The film was produced by 7 Films (a production company run by Elie Chouraqui
Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven. The burgh comprised the linked ...
and Alain Cohen). ''Passion assasine'' was broadcast on M6 television station in 2000.
He found his niche in musical comedy with the production of a number of high-profile French musicals. In 2000, he produced '' Les Dix Commandements'' in collaboration with friend and associate Albert Cohen and Elie Chouraqui
Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven. The burgh comprised the linked ...
. It was a massive commercial success. He was the producer of the musical ''Autant en emporte le vent
''Autant en emporte le vent'' is a French musical adaptation of the 1936 Margaret Mitchell novel ''Gone with the Wind'' produced by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen in 2003, with music and lyrics by Gérard Presgurvic and staging and choreography by ...
'' (2003), ''Les Hors-la-Loi'' (2005), ''Le Roi Soleil
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'' (2005) and '' Mozart, l'opéra rock'' (2009)Gala.fr: Dove Attia - De Polytechnique au show-biz
''
1789: Les Amants de la Bastille'' (2012), ''
La Légende du roi Arthur
La Légende du roi Arthur is a French-language musical comedy written by Dove Attia that premiered in Paris in September 2015. The show then toured through France, Belgium, and Switzerland.
Synopsis
The show opens with Merlin gathering the people ...
'' (2015).
In 2019, he was commissioned by the
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
ese
Takarazuka Revue to compose the music for an original musical
Casanova based on the life of
Giacomo Casanova. The Revue had previously performed multiple musicals produced by him, such as
Le Roi Soleil
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Ver ...
,
1789, les amants de la Bastille and
La Légende du roi Arthur
La Légende du roi Arthur is a French-language musical comedy written by Dove Attia that premiered in Paris in September 2015. The show then toured through France, Belgium, and Switzerland.
Synopsis
The show opens with Merlin gathering the people ...
.
In popular culture
Starting 2003, he was part of the jury of television reality series ''
À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star'' on
M6 with
Varda Kakon,
Lionel Florence and
André Manoukian
André Antranik Manoukian (born 9 April 1957 in Lyon) is a French songwriter, arranger, jazz musician, and actor of Armenian descent.
Between 2002-2017, he served as one of four judges in the French version of Pop Idol, ''Nouvelle Star''.
Early ...
. He came back for future seasons with the program being renamed ''
Nouvelle Star'' and when
Marianne James
Marianne James (born 18 February 1962) is a French singer, writer, actress, TV host and fashion designer. She has co-presented the French coverage of the ''Eurovision Song Contest''.
Early life
Born in Montélimar, Marianne Gandolfi grew up ...
replaced Varda Kakon and
Manu Katché, who replaced Lionel Florence. He quit the program in 2007.
Productions
List of best-known productions or co-productions:
*''
Les Dix Commandements'' (March 2000)
*''
Autant en emporte le vent
''Autant en emporte le vent'' is a French musical adaptation of the 1936 Margaret Mitchell novel ''Gone with the Wind'' produced by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen in 2003, with music and lyrics by Gérard Presgurvic and staging and choreography by ...
'' (October 2003)
*''Les Hors-la-loi'' (March 2005) / April 2007)
*''
Le Roi Soleil
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Ver ...
'' (September 2005)
*''Dothy et le Magicien d'Oz'' (2009)
*''
Mozart, l'opéra rock'' (2009 to 2011)
*''
1789, les amants de la Bastille'' (2012)
*''
La Légende du roi Arthur
La Légende du roi Arthur is a French-language musical comedy written by Dove Attia that premiered in Paris in September 2015. The show then toured through France, Belgium, and Switzerland.
Synopsis
The show opens with Merlin gathering the people ...
'' (2014)
*''Casanova'' (2019)
References
External links
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Discogs
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1957 births
Living people
Lycée Saint-Louis alumni
École Polytechnique alumni
Paris Dauphine University alumni
Tunisian Jews
Tunisian emigrants to France