Malik Bendjelloul

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Malik Bendjelloul (2012)

Malik Bendjelloul (born September 14, 1977 in Ystad ; † May 13, 2014 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish documentary filmmaker and former child actor and Oscar winner.

Life

Bendjelloul was born as the son of the Algerian-born Swedish doctor Hacène Bendjelloul and the Swedish painter Veronica Schildt Bendjelloul . He grew up together with his brother, the cultural journalist and presenter Johar Bendjelloul , in Ängelholm in Skåne . He played from 1990 the role of Philip in the Swedish television series Ebba och Didrik . After high school, he studied film production and directing at the media school in Kalmar . Most recently he worked as a documentary filmmaker and for the cultural program Kobra of the Swedish national television (SVT). Bendjelloul committed suicide in May 2014. According to his brother Johar, he had suffered from depression .

documentary

The film Searching for Sugar Man was made in 2006 with camerawoman Camilla Skagerström . He describes the search for the American folk singer Sixto Diaz Rodriguez from Detroit , Michigan . This released two albums in the USA in the early 1970s, but they did not bring any commercial success. In South Africa, on the other hand, he became an icon. This development and the rediscovery of the singer in Detroit is portrayed in the documentary that brought Bendjelloul an Oscar, among other awards.

Honourings and prices

Web links

Commons : Malik Bendjelloul  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Larry Rother: A Real-Life Fairy Tale, Long in the Making and Set to Old Tunes. The New York Times , July 20, 2012, accessed February 26, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Malik Bendjelloul. Swedish Film Institute Database, accessed February 26, 2013 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ Film Kaparen Malik Bendjelloul har avlidit. Svenska Dagbladet , May 13, 2014, accessed May 13, 2014 (Swedish).
  4. ^ Searching for Sugar Man director Malik Bendjelloul found dead. Aftonbladet , May 13, 2014, accessed May 14, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Oscar to Suicide in One Year: Tracing the 'Searching for Sugar Man' Director's Tragic Final Days , Hollywood Reporter , June 11, 2014
  6. ↑ Diamant Salihu: Brodern berättar om Malik Bendjellouls död Expressen, May 14, 2014 (Swedish)
  7. ↑ The wise man from the building. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of December 29, 2012, p. 14.
personal data
SURNAME Bendjelloul, Malik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish documentary filmmaker and former child actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Ystad , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 2014
Place of death Stockholm , Sweden