Jordi Castell

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Jordi Andree Castell Abusleme (b. San Fernando, Chile, 3 November 1966) is a Chilean photographer and television presenter.

Biography[]

During his childhood, his father left Jordi and his mother, Mildred Abusleme de la Vega, to move to France. Castell was raised by his mother and her family. He therefore sees his grandfather Salvador Abusleme as his father figure, something he declared after having meeting his father in the 90s. He's of Palestinian descent.^[1]

Castell studied at the San Fernando Institute Marist in his hometown. Then he settled in Talca, where he studied in the , later finishing high school in Curico, at the Lyceum Luis Cruz Martinez. After living a few years in the cities of Talca and Curico, he moved to the capital, where he started his studies in at UNIACC. In 1994, he graduated with a Master in , in Barcelona, (Spain)^[2]

He has publicly stated that he is homosexual, and is an important figure in Chilean television.

In 2013, he participated in a video for the presidential campaign of Andres Velasco on the "Join Velasco" to YouTube section.

Career[]

He has worked as a consultant to various image media and businesses. For eleven years he worked as a portraitist in the daily Mercury, participating in supplements and newspaper sections such as "Contact Zone", "You" and "Housing and Decoration", among others. He was a columnist in the magazines Blank and Art on the Edge.

During his career he has set seven individual and collective exhibitions twenty, besides being manager and curator of various photographic projects^[3]

Castell has ventured into the world of television. It began as a commentator on shows in the evening program TVN Midnight: Culture and Entertainment, led by in 2003 also participated in the program SQP of Chilevisión, where it was a space called "Portfolio". After working in (Canal 13), Chilevisión again in 2004, where in recent years has led and star . Moreover, in 2007, participated in the first season of Channel 13 where he won second place in the competition. In the second season, he participated as a judge.

In his early television career, Jordi Castell was a visionary. He was the first homosexual to show their status and obtain economic returns for his confession. Unlike most gays who populate the small screen, Castell was proud and that distinction led him to have a stable job and very good remuneration.^[4]

Academic[]

Castell also served as academic director of the School of the Art Direction UNIACC.

Philanthropy[]

In 2010 he participated in a campaign of National Women's Service (Sernam) violence against women. The campaign Castell appeared on posters with the phrase "fagot is who mistreats a woman," in addition to spots television saying the same sentence. The campaign was criticized by some agencies that branded discriminatory^[5] The following year again participated in the campaign of Sernam, which uses a similar strategy to that of 2010 .^[6] Days after the announcement of the campaign pamphlets were distributed in the town of Providencia attacking the driver of television through insults homophobic. The pamphlets were criticized by the (Movilh)^[7] Meanwhile, Jordi Castell together with Sernam filed a complaint for the offense of threats in order to identify those responsible for the pamphlets^[8]

Controversy[]

In December 2011 entering a public dispute with the imitator Stefan Kramer by imitation that makes him specifically mocking his sexual orientation. Threatens to make unknown aspects of public life Kramer.^[9] For some people, like the cheerleader this would be a form of extortion by Castel^[10][11] Publicly announced a lawsuit against the imitador.^[12][13] Finally this dispute ends with an economic agreement and the subsequent commitment Kramer to tone down imitations Jordi Castell.

Television[]

Year		program Role	Canal
2003	Midnight: Culture and Entertainment	Commentator	TVN
2003	[es]	Commentator	Chilevisión
2004		Fashion Commentator
2004		opinólogos
2004–2005		Driver	Chilevisión
2005	Urban Dreams	Driver	Chilevisión
2005–2013		Driver	Chilevisión
2006–2007		Driver	Chilevisión
2006		Contestant
2007		Judge
2009		Contestant	Chilevisión
2009		Driver	Chilevisión
2010	[es]	opinólogos	Chilevisión
2011–2013		Driver	Chilevisión
2011	2011 Viña del Mar International Song Festival	Judge	Chilevisión
2011		Driver	Chilevisión
2012		replacement driver	Chilevisión
2012–2013		Driver	Chilevisión
2013		Judge	Chilevisión
2014	Buenos Días a Todos	opinólogos	TVN
2014		Presenter	TVN
2014		Contestant	TVN
2014		opinólogos	TVN
2016	2016 Miss Universe Chile	Judge	Chilevisión

Works[]

General exhibitions[]

• Study narcissism (1992)
• Pictures, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. (1994)
• Pictures (1997)
• Pictures (2000)
• In the water (2001)
• Pictures (2003)
• Woman I (2011)^[14]

Art exhibitions[]

• Urban Lens 1 and 2 Lucky Strike (2001)
• The other center (2003)
• AM (2003)

References[]