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Malik Bendjelloul died on 13 May 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Filmskaparen Malik Bendjelloul har avlidit |url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/filmskaparen-malik-bendjelloul-har-avlidit_3556830.svd |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=13 May 2014|accessdate=13 May 2014|language=Swedish}}</ref> |
Malik Bendjelloul died on 13 May 2014 after committing suicide.<ref>{{cite news |title=Filmskaparen Malik Bendjelloul har avlidit |url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/filmskaparen-malik-bendjelloul-har-avlidit_3556830.svd |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=13 May 2014|accessdate=13 May 2014|language=Swedish}}</ref> |
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Malik Bendjelloul | |
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 Bendjelloul at the Deauville American Film Festival in 2012 | |
| Born | Malik Bendjelloul 14 September 1977 |
| Died | 13 May 2014 (aged 36) Solna, Sweden |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, actor, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2002–2014 |
| Known for | Searching for Sugar Man (2012) |
Malik Bendjelloul (14 September 1977 – 13 May 2014) was a Swedish Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and former child actor.[2][3] He is best known for his 2012 documentary, Searching for Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA.
Early life
Malik was born in Ystad in Sweden, 34 miles east of Malmö. The son of Algerian-born physician Hacène Bendjelloul and Swedish translator and painter Veronica Schildt Bendjelloul.[2] He grew up in central and southern Sweden and during the 1990s acted in SVT TV series Ebba och Didrik as Philip Clavelle in 1990.[4][5]
Thereafter studied journalism and and media production at the Kalmar University.[6][5]
Career
He started his television career as a reporter with Swedish public broadcaster SVT. Subsequently he left the job and started directing documentaries, on musicians like Elton John, Rod Stewart, Bjork and Kraftwerk.[5]
In late 1990s, he started filming two fans from Cape Town, South Africa, searching for 1970s American folk musician Sixto Rodriguez rumoured to be dead. The documentary took five years to complete, in between, he also ran out of money, and shot some segments with his iPhone.[5]
His movie Searching for Sugar Man won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Bendjelloul also won the 2013 BAFTA, Director's Guild of America, Producer's Guild of America, Writer's Guild of America, American Cinema Editors and the 2012 International Documentary Association awards. Eventually, the documentary achieved commercial success as well and made $3.6m (£2.7m) at the box office. Rodriguez had revival of his musical career, and even toured South Africa.[5]
In 2013 he 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.[4]
Death
Malik Bendjelloul died on 13 May 2014 after committing suicide.[7]
Filmography
- Ebba och Didrik (1990) (actor)
- Searching for Sugar Man (2012) (director)
References
- ^ Tora Dahlström (25 February 2013). "Vi är jättestolta över Malik". Sydnytt (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b The New York Times, July 20, 2012: ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Spotlights the Musician Rodriguez Retrieved 26 February 2013
- ^ Swedish Film Institute Database: Malik Bendjelloul Retrieved 26 February 2013
- ^ a b Sveriges Radio "Sommar i P1: Summary in English: "You've only got three months" Retrieved 14 May 2014
- ^ a b c d e "Malik Bendjelloul: Searching for Sugar Man director dies aged 36". The Independent. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Searching for Sugar Man director Malik Bendjelloul dies aged 36". The Guardian. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Filmskaparen Malik Bendjelloul har avlidit". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
External links
- Recent deaths
- 1977 births
- 2014 deaths
- Directors of Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners
- Directors of Best Documentary Guldbagge Award winners
- Documentary film directors
- Swedish film directors
- Swedish screenwriters
- Swedish male child actors
- Swedish people of Algerian descent
- People from Ystad Municipality
- Suicides in Sweden