Norman Thavaud

Norman Jacky Cyril Thavaud (; born 14 April 1987) also known by his channel name (Norman makes videos), is a French comedian and blogger known for his short comic YouTube videos. Several of his videos have been viewed tens of millions of times.

Biography

Youth Norman was born on 14 April 1987 in Arras, France. His mother was a history and geography teacher and his father, Jackie Thavaud, was a culture promoter and head of a local cinema school. As a child, Norman played the saxophone for seven years in a conservatory. He also made numerous videos using his father's camera. Having gained his high school baccalaureate in 2005, Norman moved to Paris in order to study cinema. He had a succession of jobs before becoming a video montage specialist.

Le Velcrou Norman met Hugo Dessioux (alias Hugo tout seul) at college and they formed the "Le Velcrou" comedic group in March 2008. "Le Velcrou" regularly posted comical videos on the Dailymotion website. Four months later, Marc Jarousseau (alias Kemar), a friend from university, joined the team.

Thanks to Le Velcrou, Norman met Cyprien Iov (alias Monsieur Dream), another video blogger, who appeared in a few of Le Velcrou's videos. In December of the same year, Cyprien created "Super Mega Noël", a short humorous film about Christmas. Cyprien featured other bloggers in his work, including Hugo and Norman.

In July 2009, Norman was awarded a degree in cinematography from University Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Norman has been invited by video makers and internet friends to collaborate. He participates in the one-man videos of the former members of his group, Hugo Dessioux and Marc Jarousseau, on their YouTube channels. Cyprien, the best known French YouTuber in terms of number of subscribers She announced that she had filed a complaint in Canada against Norman for "luring a child and sexual exploitation of minors" and that she had forwarded all the messages and photographs exchanged with the video artist to the police. Thavaud's press attaché refuted the accusations, but confirmed that exchanges had taken place.

In January 2022, the public prosecutor's office in Paris launched an investigation concerning "six complainants". All of them had filed complaints, five of them for rape, with two of them being minors at the time of the events. On 5 December 2022, Thavaud was placed into custody for 36 hours as part of a preliminary investigation for rape and corruption of minors. The investigation was entrusted to a brigade specialized in the protection of minors. After the announcement of his arrest, production company Webedia announced the suspension of its collaboration with Thavaud. On 10 December, YouTube announced that Norman's videos had been demonetized following these accusations.

Thavaud told the investigators that he had received "death threats, hordes of insults and cyber harassment" since the media coverage of the case began.

Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 2009 Manger une banane ne tue pas Charles Rémi Forte Short 2013 Pas très normales activités Octave Blin Maurice Barthélemy Super Social Movie Norman / Namron Morgan Prêleur & Rémi Sello ShortAlso Writer 2014 Le fantôme de merde Bad ghost Raphaël Descraques Short Scènes de ménages The young owner Francis Duquet TV series (1 episode) 2015 Mon roi Nico Maïwenn Peplum The messenger Philippe Lefebvre TV series (1 episode) 2017 Alibi.com Paul-Edouard Philippe Lacheau Call My Agent! Himself Antoine Garceau TV series (1 episode) 2020 Ducobu 3 Willie's father Élie Semoun