Sugar man malik bendjelloul biography

Swedish film and documentary director

Malik Bendjelloul (14 September – 13 May ) was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and actor.^[2][3] He directed the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.^[4][5]

Early life

Bendjelloul was born in Ystad in Sweden, 55 kilometres (34&#;mi) east of Malmö, the son of Algerian-born physician Hacène Bendjelloul and Swedish translator and painter Veronica Schildt Bendjelloul.^[2] He was the brother of journalist Johar Bendjelloul^[6] and the nephew of actors Peter and Johan Schildt.^[7][8] Bendjelloul grew up in central and southern Sweden (Ängelholm)^[9] and during the s acted in the SVT TV series Ebba och Didrik as Philip Clavelle.^[6][10] The episodes were directed by his uncle, Peter Schildt.^[7] Bendjelloul was educated at the Rönne Gymnasium in Ängelhol