Malik Bendjelloul
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| Malik Bendjelloul | |
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 Malik Bendjelloul (2012) |
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| Born | Malik Bendjelloul September 14, 1977 Ystad, Sweden[1] |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 2002 - |
Malik Bendjelloul (born 14 September 1977) is a Swedish Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and former child actor.[2][3] His movie Searching for Sugar Man won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Bendjelloul also won the 2013 BAFTA, Director's Guild of America, Producer's Guild of America, Writer's Guild of America, American Cinema Editors and the 2012 International Documentary Association awards. Bendjelloul acted in the SVT television show Ebba och Didrik as Philip Clavelle in 1990.
Malik is the son of Algerian-born physician Hacéne Bendjelloul and Swedish translator and painter Veronica Schildt Bendjelloul.[2]
Filmography
- Ebba och Didrik (1990) (Actor)
- Searching for Sugar Man (2012) (Director)
References
- ^ Tora Dahlström (25 February 2013). "Vi är jättestolta över Malik". Sydnytt (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b The New York Times, July 20, 2012: ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Spotlights the Musician Rodriguez Retrieved 2013-02-26
- ^ Swedish Film Institute Database: Malik Bendjelloul Retrieved 2013-02-26
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