Malik Bendjelloul (Arabic: مالك بن جلول‎; 14 September
1977 â€" 13 May 2014) was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist
and former child actor. He directed the 2012 documentary Searching for
Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.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. He was the
brother of journalist Johar Bendjelloul and the nephew of actors Peter
and Johan Schildt. Bendjelloul grew up in central and southern Sweden
(Ängelholm) and during the 1990s acted in the SVT TV series Ebba och
Didrik as Philip Clavelle. The episodes were directed by his uncle,
Peter Schildt. Bendjelloul was educated at the Rönne Gymnasium in
Ängelholm, where he entered the social science programme. He
graduated in 1996. He then attended Kalmar University, where he
studied journalism and media production.Bendjelloul started his
television career as a reporter on Swedish public television (SVT),
where he worked as a freelancer and journalist for Kobra. His career
also included working as a host for the breakfast television programme
Gomorron Sverige as well as for the morning radio programme P1-morgon
for Sveriges Radio. Prior to working for SVT, he also worked for an
independent production company, Barracuda Film & TV. Subsequently, he
left the job to direct documentaries on musicians including Elton
John, Rod Stewart, Björk and Kraftwerk.
1977 â€" 13 May 2014) was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist
and former child actor. He directed the 2012 documentary Searching for
Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.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. He was the
brother of journalist Johar Bendjelloul and the nephew of actors Peter
and Johan Schildt. Bendjelloul grew up in central and southern Sweden
(Ängelholm) and during the 1990s acted in the SVT TV series Ebba och
Didrik as Philip Clavelle. The episodes were directed by his uncle,
Peter Schildt. Bendjelloul was educated at the Rönne Gymnasium in
Ängelholm, where he entered the social science programme. He
graduated in 1996. He then attended Kalmar University, where he
studied journalism and media production.Bendjelloul started his
television career as a reporter on Swedish public television (SVT),
where he worked as a freelancer and journalist for Kobra. His career
also included working as a host for the breakfast television programme
Gomorron Sverige as well as for the morning radio programme P1-morgon
for Sveriges Radio. Prior to working for SVT, he also worked for an
independent production company, Barracuda Film & TV. Subsequently, he
left the job to direct documentaries on musicians including Elton
John, Rod Stewart, Björk and Kraftwerk.
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