Arman Alizad
{{Short description|Iranian-Finnish tailor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Arman Alizad
| image = Tuukka Tiensuu and Arman Alizad in Nepal during the filming of Arman Ja Viimeinen Ristiretki.jpg
| caption = Alizad in 2014
| birthname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|1|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Tehran, Iran
| occupation = TV host, TV producer, tailor
| yearsactive = 2001–present
}}
Arman Alizad (born 12 January 1971){{cite news |last1=Hoimela |first1=Leeni |title=Tätä Arman Alizad ei uskaltaisi tehdä: "Jos olen ollut vaarassa, aistin sen tyttärestäni" |url=https://www.menaiset.fi/artikkeli/ajankohtaista/ihmiset/tata_arman_alizad_ei_uskaltaisi_tehda_jos_olen_ollut_vaarassa_aistin |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Me Naiset |date=21 November 2015}} is an Iranian-Finnish master tailor, fashion columnist and TV personality. He is best known for the martial arts series Kill Arman, which has aired in over 100 countries around the world.{{cite web |last1=Ikonen |first1=Inka |title=Näin Arman Alizad kasvoi lohikäärmeistä innostuvasta pojasta kaikkien tuntemaksi tv-persoonaksi – "Mietin pitkään, onko minussa jotain vikaa" |url=https://duunitori.fi/tyoelama/rohkeat-ratkaisut-arman-alizad |publisher=Duunitori |date=21 September 2019 |access-date=7 December 2019}}{{cite news |title=Kill Arman -sarja myyty yli sataan maahan |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-5618866 |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Yle |date=23 August 2010}} Alizad has also hosted several other Finnish TV series, such as Dresscode, Unisex, Loman Tarpeessa and Arman Reilaa.
Early life
Alizad was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1971.{{cite news |title=KUVA: Arman Alizad julkaisi itsestään suloisen lapsuuspotretin |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/kuva-arman-alizad-julkaisi-itsestaan-suloisen-lapsuuspotretin/4484574 |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=MTV Uutiset |date=6 November 2014}} At the start of the 1979 Islamic revolution, his family first relocated to the United States and eventually Finland, where his grandparents had been living. He has lived there ever since.{{cite news |last1=Kaartamo |first1=Outi |title=Arman Alizadin perhe pakeni islamisteja Suomeen |url=https://www.hs.fi/kuukausiliite/art-2000002713240.html |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Helsingin Sanomat |date=1 March 2014}} As a child he enjoyed skateboarding and football.{{cite news |last1=Väkevä |first1=Valtteri |title=Arman Alizad |url=http://hangup.fi/artikkelit/1718-arman-alizad-julkaistu-lehdessa-5/11-/ |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Hangup |date=1 June 2016}}
Tailoring career
Alizad graduated from a basic tailoring school in 1992, and became an apprentice to master tailor Jouni Korhonen.{{cite news |last1=Kantola |first1=Iida |title=Arman Alizad oli kaikkien aikojen nuorin vaatturimestari – sitten mies sai soiton, joka muutti urasuunnitelmat kertaheitolla |url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000005954938.html |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Iltasanomat |date=6 January 2019}} Alizad passed the master tailor's test in 1997.
He co-owns the Finnish Pukustudio clothing company with Sonja Raassina, one of the last remaining master tailors in Finland.{{cite news |last1=Vimma |first1=Tuomas |title=Arman Alizad |url=https://www.city.fi/ilmiot/arman+alizad/2306 |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=City |date=4 May 2007}}
TV career
Alizad started his television career with the fashion show Dresscode in 2001.{{cite news |last1=Kauppinen |first1=Ina |title=Muistatko? Arman Alizadin tv-ura alkoi legendaarisesta MoonTV:stä: "Kyllä se sellaista sekoilua oli" |url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000005631763.html |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Iltasanomat |date=7 April 2018}} Since then he has done another fashion show (Unisex), two travel shows (Loman Tarpeessa, Arman Reilaa),{{cite news |last1=Nurmi |first1=Juha |title="Toimistolle marssi yhtäkkiä outo tyyppi" - Arman Alizad muistelee MoonTV:n järkyttävää loppua: kaikki loppui kuin seinään! |url=https://www.seiska.fi/Uutiset/Toimistolle-marssi-yhtakkia-outo-tyyppi-Arman-Alizad-muistelee-MoonTVn-jarkyttavaa-loppua |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Seiska |date=30 December 2018}} and one martial arts TV series, Kill Arman. His more recent series are Arman ja viimeinen ristiretki (Beyond Human Boundaries), 2013–) and Arman pohjantähden alla (Arman under the North Star, 2016–).
In Viimeinen ristiretki, he visits people and places that are completely outside "western culture". The show won the 2014 Golden Venla for best TV reality series and for Alizad as best performer.
In Pohjantähden alla he travels inside Finland to show things that others close their eyes to.{{cite news |last1=Lietsala |first1=Linda |title=Arman Alizad näki läheltä, miten lohdutonta vanhusten arki voi olla – karu tilanne iski päin näköä: "Olet kuin vanki 24 tuntia vuorokaudessa" |url=https://www.is.fi/tv-ja-elokuvat/art-2000006224669.html |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Iltasanomat |date=2 September 2019}} This show won the Golden Venla for best documentary in 2017.{{cite news |last1=Tenhunen |first1=Silja |title=Arman Alizad lähetti kiitospuheessaan terveiset hallitukselle – Pohjantähden alla saa jatkoa |url=https://www.uusimaa.fi/artikkeli/475052-arman-alizad-lahetti-kiitospuheessaan-terveiset-hallitukselle-pohjantahden-alla-saa |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Uusimaa |date=13 January 2017}} Alizad won for best performer again in 2016 and 2017.{{cite news |title=Arman Alizad jälleen yleisön suosikki, Syke pokkasi parhaan tv-ohjelman Venla-palkinnon |url=https://www.satakunnankansa.fi/kulttuuri/arman-alizad-jalleen-yleison-suosikki-syke-pokkasi-parhaan-tv-ohjelman-venla-palkinnon-14042674 |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Satakunnan Kansa |date=13 January 2017}}
=International fame=
In 2009, Kill Arman made a distribution deal with the British TV distribution company DRG.{{cite news |last1=Buxton |first1=Martin |title=DRG offers chance to Kill Arman |url=https://www.c21media.net/drg-offers-chance-to-kill-arman/ |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=C21 Media |date=10 July 2010}} Between 2009 and 2011, the series was sold to over 100 countries, making Alizad an internationally known TV personality. The series airs, for example, on BBC Knowledge, Extreme Sports Channel and Jim.{{cite web |title=Kill Arman |url=http://singapore.bbcknowledge.com/kill-arman/ |publisher=BBC Knowledge |access-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515115528/http://singapore.bbcknowledge.com/kill-arman/ |archive-date=15 May 2010 }}
Personal life
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Category:Finnish television presenters
Category:Iranian emigrants to Finland