page_title: John Safran
hierarchical_section_title: John Safran
caption_attribution_description: English: John Safran at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2009 Opening Night Red Carpet.
context_page_description: John Michael Safran is an Australian radio personality, satirist, documentary maker and author, known for combining humour with religious, political and ethnic issues. First gaining fame appearing in Race Around the World in 1997, Safran went on to produce a series of documentaries, television shows and host radio programs.
  Safran is known for his television stunts, which include placing a fatwa on Australian television host Rove McManus, sneaking nine young men into an exclusive Melbourne nightclub by disguising them as members of American nu metal band Slipknot, running through Jerusalem wearing nothing but the beanie and scarf of St Kilda Football Club, driving a remote controlled seagull with a cigarette onto the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and his confrontation with tabloid current affairs host Ray Martin.
  Currently, he works as a journalist and released a book, Depends What You Mean By Extremist, in May 2017.
context_section_description: John Michael Safran (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ספרן,  Yehoshua Safran; born 13 August 1972) is an Australian radio personality, satirist, documentary maker and author, known for combining humour with religious, political and ethnic issues. First gaining fame appearing in Race Around the World in 1997, Safran went on to produce a series of documentaries, television shows and host radio programs.
  Safran is known for his television stunts, which include placing a fatwa on Australian television host Rove McManus, sneaking nine young men into an exclusive Melbourne nightclub by disguising them as members of American nu metal band Slipknot, running through Jerusalem wearing nothing but the beanie and scarf of St Kilda Football Club, driving a remote controlled seagull with a cigarette onto the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and his confrontation with tabloid current affairs host Ray Martin.
  Currently, he works as a journalist and released a book, Depends What You Mean By Extremist, in May 2017.
caption: Safran at the 2009 Melbourne International Film Festival
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