Remy Blumenfeld

Remy Blumenfeld (born, Paris, France) is a British Television executive and content creator who founded two British television production companies, Thinking Violets (http://thinkingviolets.com/) in 2013 and Brighter Pictures which he sold to Endemol in 2004. In 2008 he launched the Formats division of ITV Studios, the production arm of Britain's largest commercial TV station and exported shows such as Come Dine With Me, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and Four Weddings around the world.

Remy Blumenfeld has created more than 30 television formats such as There's Something About Miriam which have been exported around the world.

Often the programmes he has produced have been about exploring the edges of society which he has helped bring into the mainstream. FLAVA (Channel 4) was the first black music series on terrestrial TV. Bombay Blush (BBC2) was the first time India’s modern and offbeat pop culture was featured on terrestrial TV. Airing for two series, the show looked at the pink underbelly of India’s subculture. Get A New Life (BBC2) was a transformation show like no other. Each episode, one family got to make a fresh start in another part of the world. The series ultimately re-located 100 families, who it helped find jobs, homes and schools. In the process, Remy redefined the whole make-over genre. Gay Straight or Taken (Lifetime USA) asked female contributors to go on a group date with three men and must try to figure out which man is gay, which one is straight but taken, and which one is straight and available.

The Independent newspaper has ranked him as one of the top 20 most influential gay men or women in the UK. In September 2010 he was by his named by his peers as one of the world's top 5 format creators In March 2012 Remy Blumenfeld was named as one of the world's Greatest Reality Show Villains. and in 2016 he was profiled as "one of the great sages of contemporary TV" by Monocle Magazine.

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