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Malik Bendjelloul(1977-2014)

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Malik Bendjelloul
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.
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Malik Bendjelloul, born in Sweden, performed in Swedish TV-series "Ebba och Didrik" as a child in the nineties and later in life studied Journalism and media-production at the Linnaeus University of Kalmar. He has produced several musical documentaries for Swedish Television (SVT) where he also worked as a reporter on the show "Kobra" until he resigned to travel the world. During these travels Malik Bendjelloul first came in contact with the story which was to develop into "Searching for Sugarman" somewhere in South America.
BornSeptember 14, 1977
DiedMay 13, 2014(36)
BornSeptember 14, 1977
DiedMay 13, 2014(36)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 31 wins & 17 nominations total

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Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
Searching for Sugar Man
8.2
  • Director
  • 2012
Seth MacFarlane in The Oscars (2013)
The Oscars
7.2
TV Special
  • Self - Winner
  • 2013
Ebba och Didrik (1990)
Ebba och Didrik
7.5
TV Mini Series
  • Philip
Cinema 3 (1984)
Cinema 3
6.1
TV Series
  • Self(archive footage)

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  • Ebba och Didrik (1990)
    Ebba och Didrik
    7.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Philip
    • 1990

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  • Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
    Searching for Sugar Man
    8.2
    • Director
    • 2012

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  • Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
    Searching for Sugar Man
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    • 2012

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  • Height
    • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Born
    • September 14, 1977
    • Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
  • Died
    • May 13, 2014
    • Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden(suicide by throwing himself in front of an oncoming subway train)
  • Relatives
    • Johar Bendjelloul(Sibling)
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    • 1 Article
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    When Bendjelloul first applied to the Swedish Film Academy for funding, a consultant there viewed an early version of Searching for Sugar Man (2012) and told Bendjelloul it was "shit." Bendjelloul raged against the established arbiters of culture and taste. "What kind of films do they fund?" he lamented [Variety 2014].
  • Quotes
    I don't think 'Sugar Man' is a music doc any more than 'The Social Network' is about computers. It just happens to have the best soundtrack ever.
  • Nickname
    • Malle

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