Benjamin Brillaud
Actor · b. 1988 · Athis-Mons, Essonne, France
Benjamin Brillaud, also known as Nota Bene, is a French web video creator and popular history communicator, born June 18, 1988 in Athis-Mons (Essonne). He is best known for creating the Nota Bene YouTube channel in 2014, dedicated to history and mythology vulgarization. His channel reached over 2 million subscribers by 2024. From a communist family, he always opens his videos with « Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour ! », a phrase his grandfather used at PCF or CGT meetings. He founded the Vidéothèque d'Alexandrie in 2014 (left in June 2016) and collaborates with institutions including the Louvre museum and history festivals (Rendez-vous de l'histoire de Blois, festival Histoire et Cité de Genève).
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TVDocumentaryRealityWELCOME TO THE VORTEX! A roommate to mix them all, a roommate to listen to them all, a roommate to learn from all and in the Vortex bind them together. When science popularizers find themselves living together, it is impossible to avoid heated debates. Here, they mingle with what concerns them (or almost) and talk about what is important to them while making sure to keep hot water for others.