Jordi Castell facts for kids

Jordi Andree Castell Abusleme (born 3 November 1966 in San Fernando, Chile) is a Chilean photographer and television presenter. He is well-known for his work in photography and for appearing on many TV shows.

About Jordi Castell

Jordi Castell grew up with his mother, Mildred Abusleme de la Vega, and her family after his father moved to France. He considers his grandfather, Salvador Abusleme, to be like a father to him. Jordi has family roots from Palestine.

He went to school at the San Fernando Institute Marist in his hometown. Later, he studied in Talca and finished high school in Curico. After living in these cities, he moved to Santiago, the capital, to study Audiovisual media at UNIACC. In 1994, he earned a master's degree in photography from the Catalan School of Photography in Barcelona, Spain.

Jordi is a very important person in Chilean television. He is known for being open about his personal identity and for being a strong voice for acceptance and diversity. In 2013, he even took part in a video to support Andres Velasco's presidential campaign on YouTube.

Jordi's Career in Media

Jordi Castell has worked as an expert for different media companies and businesses. For eleven years, he was a portrait photographer for the newspaper Mercury. His photos appeared in sections like "Contact Zone" and "Housing and Decoration." He also wrote articles for Blank and Art on the Edge magazines.

As a photographer, Jordi has shown his work in seven solo exhibitions and twenty group shows. He has also managed and organized many photography projects.

Jordi also became famous in television. He started as a commentator on the TVN show Midnight: Culture and Entertainment in 2003. He also had a segment called "Portfolio" on the SQP program on Chilevisión. In 2007, he competed in the first season of Wicked dancing on Channel 13, where he came in second place. In the next season, he returned as a judge.

Early in his TV career, Jordi Castell was a pioneer. He was one of the first public figures to be so open about his identity on television, which helped him become a successful and respected personality. He showed that being true to yourself can lead to a stable and rewarding career.

Teaching and Education

Jordi Castell also worked as the academic director for the School of Art Direction at UNIACC.

Helping Others

In 2010, Jordi took part in a campaign by the National Women's Service (Sernam) to fight violence against women. He appeared on posters and in TV ads with a strong message against mistreating women. While some groups criticized the campaign, Jordi continued to support it.

The next year, he joined the Sernam campaign again. After the announcement, some people distributed flyers that were very mean and hurtful towards Jordi. These flyers were strongly criticized by the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh). Jordi Castell and Sernam reported the incident to the authorities to find out who was responsible for the hateful messages. This showed Jordi's commitment to standing up against unfair treatment.

Television Shows

Year		program Role	Canal
2003	Midnight: Culture and Entertainment	Commentator	TVN
2003	SQP [es]	Commentator	Chilevisión
2004	Viva la morning	Fashion Commentator	Channel 13
2004	The move of the Festival	opinólogos	Channel 13
2004–2005	... love	Driver	Chilevisión
2005	Urban Dreams	Driver	Chilevisión
2005–2013	Close-Up	Driver	Chilevisión
2006–2007	Sins	Driver	Chilevisión
2006	Wicked dancing	Contestant	Channel 13
2007	Wicked dancing 2	Judge	Canal 13
2009	Dance Fever 2 (Bypass)	Contestant	Chilevisión
2009	Behind the screen	Driver	Chilevisión
2010	SQP [es]	opinólogos	Chilevisión
2011–2013	Gala of the Festival of Viña del Mar	Driver	Chilevisión
2011	2011 Viña del Mar International Song Festival	Judge	Chilevisión
2011	Fans of dance	Driver	Chilevisión
2012	people like you	replacement driver	Chilevisión
2012–2013	Diamonds in the Rough	Driver	Chilevisión
2013	Baila! To the rhythm of a dream	Judge	Chilevisión
2014	Buenos Días a Todos	opinólogos	TVN
2014	Yellow Earth Festival	Presenter	TVN
2014	Adopts a famous	Contestant	TVN
2014	Live in Viña TVN	opinólogos	TVN
2016	2016 Miss Universe Chile	Judge	Chilevisión

Jordi's Photography Works

Solo Exhibitions

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

Group Art Exhibitions

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

See also

In Spanish: Jordi Castell para niños