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= Paris Norriss =

Paris Norriss
Paris Norriss (Born February 27th 1985) is a British television host, producer and adventurer.

Norriss is based in Dubai where he is the host of the show Guy in Dubai, a show on Amazon Prime, OSN and Emirates Airlines ICE that uncovers the most extreme adventures in Dubai. He played two roles in the Disney Animation Film Wreck it Ralph 2 and starred in the reality TV series Fighting Fit DXB.

Early Life
Norriss was born in Bath, Somerset, the son of Michael Norriss, a photographer and artist, and Tania Duckworth, an actress, socialite and writer. He grew up on the Longleat estate where he lived his entire childhood.

At school he excelled at sports where he competed at decathlon at the English Schools' Athletics Championships and was awarded a sport scholarship at Millfield School. He later went on to study Business Studies at the University of Edinburgh where he excelled in Finance.

Early Career
Norriss left university in 2008 with a finance degree during the time of the financial crisis. He sites the lack of jobs as being a push to take on entrepreneurial ventures where he raised investment for an e-commerce venture in the Middle East. He moved to live in Muscat, Oman in 2009 followed by a move to Dubai in 2012. He later went on to found a leadership development company and the Middle East branch of an Education resourcing company

Writing
Norriss has been a contributing journalist for The National (Abu Dhabi) newspaper where he writes on topics related to business, entrepreneurship and small business.

Television
In 2018 Norriss started production of the extreme adventure TV show Guy in Dubai and licensed the show to Amazon Prime, OSN and Emirates (airline). Through the show Norriss has raced the Victory Team powerboat, mastered the traditional Emirati techniques of Pearl diving, learned to pilot paramotors over the desert and taken on the worlds longest zipline.

In 2019 Norriss started the production of a travel related adventure show Adventures in the Island of Ireland where he scouted out the most thrilling adventures in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. He attended the Irish Derby after trying out the Irish tradition of Bog Diving

Norriss is currently a partner and creative director of GID Media Production, a leading producer of “Experience Videos” for TV, Digital & in-flight entertainment systems.

Speaking
Norriss was the host of the New Year Celebration at the Burj Khalifa New Years Celebration 2019.