Josef Fares
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Josef Fares (born 19 September 1977 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Crystal-Simorgh winning Swedish film director with Assyrian/Syriac origin.[1] His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films.
Josef Fares moved to Sweden when he was 10 years old and lives in Örebro, Örebro län.
Variety declared him one of ten upcoming directors to watch in 2006.[2] The same year he won the Nordic Council Film Prize for his film Zozo.
He also played the character of "Josef" in his last feature film Leo, which was selected for the Focus section in the 58th Edition of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2008.
[edit] Filmography
- Jalla! Jalla! (2000)
- Kopps (2003)
- Zozo (2005)
- Leo (2007)
- Farsan (2010)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Josef Fares at the Internet Movie Database
- Josef Fares at the Swedish Film Database
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