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Simon Fuller Biography

Birth Name:Simon Fuller

Birth Place:Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Profession Producer, Writer, Director

Fast Facts

Formed the charity Idol Gives Back, which has raised more than $185 million for charities like Malaria No More and Save The Children
Was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2007
Was named the most successful British music manager of all time by Billboard magazine in 2008
Was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May 2011
Started out as a music publisher with Chrysalis Records in 1981, where he was responsible for signing Madonna's hit song "Holiday" to the company in 1983
Was the talent manager for the popular 1990s pop groups the Spice Girls and S Club 7
Manages several performers, including David and Victoria Beckham, Steven Tyler, Annie Lennox, and Carrie Underwood
Best known as a talent manager and television producer who created "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance․"
Founded his management company 19 Entertainment in London in 1985, naming the company after singer Paul Hardcastle's song by the same name
Is the creator of the reality TV "Idol" franchise, which started with Britain's "Pop Idol․"

Awards

2003PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Reality/Game/Informational Series Television: nominated
2003Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality/Competition Program: nominated
2004PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Reality/Game/Informational Series Television: nominated
2004Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2005Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2006Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2007PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television: nominated
2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2008PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television: nominated
2008Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2009Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality - Competition Program: nominated
2010PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition Television: nominated
2010Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality - Competition Program: nominated
2011Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality - Competition Program: nominated
2011Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality - Competition Program: nominated
2012PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Competition Television: nominated
2012Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2014Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2019Blimp Award-Favorite Reality Show: nominated