Career
During World World War II, at the age of 15 he rallied the France libre. In the summer of 1944, he escaped from the deportation train that was taking him and many others from Drancy (Internment Camp in France) to Buchenwald. One of the deportees in the same train car was Marcel Dassault.
He was among the first managers of the radio Europe 1 between 1957 and 1962.
He headed Télé Monte Carlo, and was then director of the advertising agency Régie n°1. He was dubbed «the secret gardener of the French audiovisual sector».
After having been forced to leave the Board of Paravision, audiovisual branch of L"Oréal, he revealed the past life of André Bettencourt during WW2, forcing him to express regrets about « past mistakes ». Pursuing peace and compromise, he advised Yitzhak Rabin et Ehud Barak.
Jewish, Frydman is married to Daniela.
