New Zealand Wizard At Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast

The Wizard of New Zealand, the world's only real life wizard, stayed at the Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast recently. The Wizard, who was formerly known as Ian Brackenbury Channell, was in Beijing on a 10-day trip to participate in the fourth Beijing International Movie Festival. The movie festival held during featured a short documentary film of the Wizard's life directed by Grant Neville and narrated by Mike Moore. The hotel's general manager, Arics Lam, was on hand to be photographed with stars of the festival, actor and producer Aki Aleong and the Wizard.