Harry Roselmack (born 20 March 1973 in

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) is a French radio and TV journalist of Martiniquan descent.

Career

Harry Roselmack graduated with degrees in History ( DEUG) and Journalism (DUT). He began to work for a local radio station, during this period. Then, he wrote some sports articles for a regional news paper La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest. Roselmack worked with

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in 2000 (

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) before joining

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. In 2006, he was appointed official summer replacement for

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, the evening news anchorman, by

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. This decision triggered a number of moves between the major networks. Thomas Hugues, who had held this position for many years, left the channel, followed by his wife Laurence Ferrari, who was the official summer replacement of

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. Mélissa Theuriau was offered Ferrari's job which she turned down, leaving for M6. Eventually, TF1 hired Anne-Sophie Lapix to succeed Ferrari. She later hosted Sept à huit together with Roselmack, a show which was formerly hosted by Hugues and Ferrari. Harry Roselmack debuted on TF1 on 17 July 2006, becoming the channel's first black evening news anchorman, and garnering as much as 44.8% of the audience (over 8 million viewers). In 2014, he directed his first feature film ''Fractures'', which won a special mention at the 2017 Chelsea Film Festival.

Filmography

As filmmaker

Commitments

In 2014, he sang ''On n'oublie pas'' (written by Serge Bilé) with several artists and personalities including

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, Jocelyne Béroard and Admiral T. This song is a tribute to the 152 Martinican victims of the crash of 16 August 2005, to remember this event and to help the AVCA, the association of the victims of the air disaster, to raise funds.

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* 1973 births Living people French journalists French television presenters French film directors French-language film directors French film producers French male screenwriters French screenwriters French film editors French people of Martiniquais descent Mass media people from Tours, France University of Tours alumni {{France-screen-writer-stub