Ariel Wizman | |
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 Wizman at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | 19 May 1962 |
| 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]
Ariel Wizman | |
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| Wizman at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | 19 May 1962 |
| 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]
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]
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