Ariel Wizman Explained

Ariel Wizman
Birth Date:19 May 1962
Birth Place:Casablanca, Morocco
Occupation: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. In Paris, Wizman met the philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas and thanks to him, he attended the École Normale Israélite Orientale. At a gypsy party, he met Édouard Baer and they co-presented a radio show on Radio Nova.[4] Wizman has worked for Actuel, Vogue Homme and 20 Ans, and produced several programs for France Culture. 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, 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

Notes and References

  1. de Chamberet, Georgia (1999) XCiTés: The Flamingo Book of Fresh French Writing, Flamingo,, p. 209
  2. "Biographie d'Ariel Wizman", Evene.com, retrieved 2010-02-03
  3. "La biographie de Ariel Wizman ", ActuStar.com, retrieved 2010-02-03
  4. Web site: Mini biographie de Ariel Wizman. https://web.archive.org/web/20040224193053/http://www.biosstars.com/a/ariel_wizman.htm. 2004-02-24. fr. 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 ", Menstyle.fr, 3 February 2010, retrieved 2010-02-03