Ariel Wizman

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Ariel Wizman
Ariel Wizman Cannes 2015.jpg
Wizman at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1962-05-19) 19 May 1962 (age 62)
Casablanca, Morocco
Occupations
  • 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]

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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

References

  1. ↑ de Chamberet, Georgia (1999) XCiTés: The Flamingo Book of Fresh French Writing, Flamingo, ISBN   978-0-00-225939-2, p. 209
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Biographie d'Ariel Wizman", Evene.com, retrieved 2010-02-03
  3. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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
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