Ariel Wizman is a French

France

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 musician

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, DJ, and journalist

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 born in Casablanca

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, Morocco

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Biography

His family, as many Sephardic Jews North-Africa

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n families, left Morocco after the Six-Day War

Six-Day War

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 and settled in France

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. In Paris

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, Wizman met the philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas

Emmanuel Lévinas

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 and thanks to him, he attended the École Normale Israélite Orientale. At a gypsy party, he met Édouard Baer

Édouard Baer

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, and they co-presented a radio show on Radio Nova

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Wizman has worked for Actuel, Vogue Homme and 20 Ans

20 Ans

20 Ans is a French monthly magazine for young women. It was founded in 1961. It was published by Excelsior until 2003, when it was acquired by Emap. In July 2006 its circulation reached 250,000....

, and produced several programs for France Culture

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. In 1995, he was chief director of >Interactif and is currently a popular 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+

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He is half of the electronic music duo Grand Popo Football Club

Grand Popo Football Club

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 along with Nicolas Errèra, with an album, Shampoo Victims, released in 2000, and a second, Venom in the grass, due for release in February 2010.

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.

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

Filmography

• Iznogoud (2005)
• La face noire des relations publiques - documentary by Ariel Wizman broadcast on Canal+
  Canal+
  Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is 80% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted...