Malik Bendjelloul

Quick Facts

Full Name	Malik Bendjelloul
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Sep 14, 1977(1977-09-14)
Age	47
Date Of Death	2014-05-13
Birthplace	Ystad Municipality
Country	Sweden
Birth City	Skåne
Horoscope	Virgo

Malik Bendjelloul Biography

Malik Bendjelloul is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on September 14, 1977 in Ystad Municipality, Skåne, Sweden. Swedish documentary filmmaker best known for Searching for Sugar Man (2012), which won him an Academy Award.

His award-winning documentary “Searching For Sugar Man” was inspired by the disappearance and life of Detroit-based folk musician Sixto.

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.

In 2013, Bendjelloul was invited to host a show on the Swedish radio show Sommar i P1, where he told the listeners about the process behind Searching for Sugar Man.

Peter Schildt, actor and uncle to Peter is his uncle.

Malik Bendjelloul Net Worth

Malik Bendjelloul is one of the richest Director from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Malik Bendjelloul 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before becoming a reporter for Swedish television, he studied at Kalmar University.

He made documentaries about a variety of musicians, including Bjork as well as Elton John.

Malik Bendjelloul (Arabic: مالك بن جلول ‎; 14 September 1977 – 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.

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Who is Malik Bendjelloul Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Malik Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Malik Bendjelloul celebrates birthday on September 14 of every year.

Is Searching For Sugarman true?

The quest to find Rodriguez and tell his story led to “Searching For Sugar Man,” which unfurled more like a detective story than a documentary. “ This was the greatest, the most amazing, true story I’d ever heard, an almost archetypal fairy tale ,” Bendjelloul told the New York Times in 2012. “It’s a perfect story.

What happened to Rodriguez after Searching for Sugarman?

It was widely rumoured that Rodriguez had died, but as the late director, Malik Bendjelloul, discovered, he was, in fact, living in a low-rent area of Detroit, making ends meet with demolition and factory jobs.

Who found Sugarman?

Australia discovered him before South Africa. One wound up in the hands of Australian radio DJ Holger Brockman , who began playing “Sugar Man” on 2SM radio in Sydney.

Who directed Sugarman?

Malik Bendjelloul

Is Sixto Rodriguez alive?

Rodriguez
Occupation(s)| Singer-songwriter, guitarist
Instruments| Vocals, guitar
Years active| 1967–1973, 1979–1981, 1998–present
Labels| Sussex, RCA, Impact, Light in the Attic