Ariel Wizman

Ariel Wizman
Wizman at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1962-05-19) 19 May 1962 (age 62) Casablanca, Morocco
Occupation(s)	Musician, DJ, Journalist, Actor

Ariel Wizman (born 19 May 1962) is a French musician, DJ, journalist and actor born in Casablanca, Morocco.[1][2][3]

Life and career

His family, as many Moroccan Jewish families, left Morocco after the Six-Day War and settled in France.[2] In Paris, Wizman met the philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas and thanks to him, he attended the École Normale Israélite Orientale.[2] At a gypsy party, he met Édouard Baer and they co-presented a radio show on Radio Nova.[2][4]

Wizman has worked for Actuel, Vogue Homme and 20 Ans,[2] and produced several programs for France Culture.[3] In 1995, he was chief director of >Interactif and is currently a DJ.

Wizman has also appeared as a writer in Nulle part ailleurs. From September 2003 to June 2005, with Stéphane Bern, he presented Tentations.06 on Canal+.[5]

He is half of the electronic music duo Grand Popo Football Club along with Nicolas Errèra, with an album, Shampoo Victims, released in 2000,[5] and a second, Venom in the grass, released in February 2010.[6]

Wizman controversially became the voice of a French Ministry of Industry campaign against internet music piracy in 2004, although he later claimed that he was misled into taking part.[7][8][9][10]

In 2009, special editions of Nickel "Morning After Rescue-Gel" were produced, featuring designs showing Wizman or his initials.[11]

Filmography

• Iznogoud (2005)
• La face noire des relations publiques - documentary by Ariel Wizman broadcast on Canal+
• Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles (2014)

References

1. de Chamberet, Georgia (1999) XCiTés: The Flamingo Book of Fresh French Writing, Flamingo, ISBN 978-0-00-225939-2, p. 209
2. "Biographie d'Ariel Wizman", Evene.com, retrieved 2010-02-03
3. "La biographie de Ariel Wizman Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine", ActuStar.com, retrieved 2010-02-03
4. "Mini biographie de Ariel Wizman" (in French). Archived from the original on 2004-02-24. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
5. Thomas, Chucky (2003) "Transcending Borders", Billboard, 22 March 2003, retrieved 2010-02-03
6. "Nouvel album pour le chroniqueur de Canal+, Ariel Wizman", InfluMedia, 29 December 2009, retrieved 2010-02-03
7. "Le message anti-pirates d'Ariel Wizman détourné", Nouvel Obs, 24 January 2005, retrieved 2010-02-03
8. Champeau, Guillaume (2005) "Ariel Wizman (suite) : histoire d'un mea culpa raté", Numerama, 6 January 2005, retrieved 2010-02-03
9. Vignale, Frédéric (2005) "Interview : Ariel Wizman", Le Mague, 20 January 2005, retrieved 2010-02-03
10. "L’erreur fondamentale d’Ariel Wizman", foutraque.com, 31 January 2010, retrieved 2010-02-03
11. "Ariel Wizman relooke une crème Archived 2009-06-05 at the Wayback Machine", Menstyle.fr, 3 February 2010, retrieved 2010-02-03

External links

• Ariel Wizman at IMDb