For the last 24 years, I have been documenting my life obsessively. My journey started in Tel Aviv in 1996, when extra-terrestrials abducted me from my bedroom. The event left me in shock. I closed my production company and hit the road, searching for an answer. I went to Roswell, New York, Paris, and Cuba. I filmed people who were abducted and got implants in their bodies. Suddenly, a Mossad agent shows up, trying to sabotage the production. Then my mom dies, and I find out I was adopted. My father turns out to be a dangerous criminal. My kids and their mom leave for California. I drink and fuck all the time. I hear voices in my head. My name Is Ariel Semmel and Parano is my crazy true story.
Ariel Semmel
Director, Writer
The Class of ‘9271%
180° South72%
Seduced and Abandoned61%
My Mom Jayne79%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Maternal Instinct71%
McQueen74%
Directed by John Ford70%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
28 Up75%
Voyeur59%
Sidney70%
Night Will Fall76%
Above Majestic73%
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes76%
Harmontown66%
Being James Bond77%
Tabloid64%