In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “comedy writer and creative director based in tel aviv”. Today it says “israeli creative strategist”.
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Omri Marcus (born 1979) is a comedy writer and creative director based in Tel Aviv, Israel , currently working under an exclusive, multi-year deal with the European media conglomerate ProSiebenSat.1.1Marcus was a senior writer on Israel’s top comedy panel show, as well as a consultant of Israeli production companies in analyzing global TV and new-media trends. As a director in the development department for Israel’s leading TV network, Channel 2 Reshet , Marcus is credited with the creation of the original reality series Buzz Off , recently sold to France, Spain, Ireland and China. Over the last 10 years, Marcus has been involved in the development and writing of numerous major entertainment shows on Israeli TV. Among his successes is “Eretz Nehederet” (“What a Wonderful Country”), enjoying regular ratings of over 30% and winning 4 Israeli Academy Awards. Marcus also writes regularly for numerous leading American and European papers and blogs ( Huffington Post , TV Gawker , Jewcy etc.) about Israeli current affairs and TV business.2Over the last year he gave lectures about TV at NYU (New-York, USA), MIP (Cannes, France), at the NY TV Festival (New York, USA) at the IMA Summit (Tel-Aviv, Israel), at the IDC's content lab (Herzelya, Israel), at the HIT (Holon, Israel) and the last TALA Master-Class in Tel-Aviv. He was a juror in several TV festivals and awards such as the Rose D'or and International Emmy awards.3In 2009 the Format Academy for Entertainment, Television & New Media ( EMC ), granted Marcus its prestigious fellowship, given to professionals involved in designing the media of the future.4In his spare time Marcus volunteers in ONE VOICE, a peace organization that conducts cultural events with Arabs and Jews.5
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Omri Marcus (born 1979) is a comedy writer and creative director based in Tel Aviv, Israel , currently working under an exclusive, multi-year deal with the European media conglomerate ProSiebenSat.1. Marcus served as a senior writer on Israel’s top comedy panel show, as well as a consultant of Israeli production companies in analyzing global TV and new-media trends. As a director in the development department for Israel’s leading TV network, Channel 2 Reshet , Marcus is credited with the creation of the original reality series Buzz Off , recently sold to France, Spain, Ireland and China. Over the last 10 years, Marcus has been involved in the development and writing of numerous major entertainment shows on Israeli TV. Among his successes is “Eretz Nehederet” (“What a Wonderful Country”), enjoying regular ratings of over 30% and winning 4 Israeli Academy Awards. In 2009 the Format Academy for Entertainment, Television & New Media ( EMC ), granted Marcus its prestigious fellowship, given to professionals involved in designing the media of the future. In his spare time Marcus volunteers in ONE VOICE, a peace organization that conducts cultural events with Arabs and Jews. He is also in charge of PR for Eye from Zion – a philanthropic organization that performs free medical surgeries in third world countries. Marcus also writes regularly for the Huffington Post about Israeli current affairs.
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Omri Marcus (born 1979) is a comedy writer and the founder of Comedy for a Change - an international conference on the power of comedy to drive forward social change.Marcus was formerly a development partner at ProSiebenSat.1's Red Arrow Entertainment Group . Prior to that he was a senior writer on Israel’s top comedy panel show, as well as a consultant of Israeli production companies in analyzing global TV and new-media trends. As a director in the development department for Israel’s leading TV network, Channel 2 Reshet , Marcus is credited with the creation of the original dating show Buzz Off , recently optioned to France, Spain, Ireland and China. Over the last 15 years, Marcus has been involved in the development and writing of numerous major entertainment shows on Israeli TV. Among his successes is Eretz Nehederet ( What a Wonderful Country ), enjoying regular ratings of over 30% and winning four Israeli Academy Awards . Marcus also writes regularly for numerous leading American and European papers and blogs ( Huffington Post , Tablet , MediaPost etc.) about Israeli current affairs and TV business. In 2009 the Format Academy for Entertainment, Television & New Media ( EMC ), granted Marcus its prestigious fellowship, given to professionals involved in designing the media of the future. In his spare time, Marcus runs a unique Israeli-Palestinian tech venture and volunteers at Eye from Zion , a humanitarian organization that performs free medical surgeries in third-world countries.
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Omri Marcus (born 1979) is a comedy writer and the founder of Comedy for a Change - an international conference on the power of comedy to drive forward social change. Marcus was formerly a development partner at ProSiebenSat.1's Red Arrow Entertainment Group . Prior to that he was a senior writer on Israel’s top comedy panel show, as well as a consultant of Israeli production companies in analyzing global TV and new-media trends. As a director in the development department for Israel’s leading TV network, Channel 2 Reshet , Marcus is credited with the creation of the original dating show Buzz Off , recently optioned to France, Spain, Ireland and China. Over the last 15 years, Marcus has been involved in the development and writing of numerous major entertainment shows on Israeli TV. Among his successes is Eretz Nehederet ( What a Wonderful Country ), enjoying regular ratings of over 30% and winning four Israeli Academy Awards . Marcus also writes regularly for numerous leading American and European papers and blogs ( Huffington Post , Tablet , MediaPost etc.) about Israeli current affairs and TV business. In 2009 the Format Academy for Entertainment, Television & New Media ( EMC ), granted Marcus its prestigious fellowship, given to professionals involved in designing the media of the future. In his spare time, Marcus runs a unique Israeli-Palestinian tech venture and volunteers at Eye from Zion , a humanitarian organization that performs free medical surgeries in third-world countries. CNN Red Arrow Entertainment Group NRG Worldscreen New York Times MIP Blog "Changing the world, one joke at a time: Finger Awards by Comedy for Change" .
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Omri Marcus Omri Marcus (born 1979) is an Israeli creative strategist, screenwriter, and international speaker.He is the founder of *The Comedy Brigade* (aka Comedy for Change), a global initiative that uses humor and AI to counter online antisemitism , and the creator of * The Finger Awards *, a prize honoring comedy that drives social change.
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comedy writer and creative director based in tel aviv
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israeli creative strategist
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