Malik Bendjelloul(1977-2014)

Actor
Writer
Director

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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Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

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.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 31 wins & 17 nominations total

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Known for

Searching for Sugar Man

8.2

Writer

2012

The Oscars

7.2

TV Special

Self - Winner

2013

Ebba och Didrik

7.5

TV Mini Series

Philip

Días de cine

6.7

TV Series

Self - Interviewee

Credits

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Actor

Ebba och Didrik
7.5
TV Mini Series
- Philip
- 1990

Writer

Director

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Searching for Sugar Man

Personal details

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)
Publicity listings
- 1 Article
- 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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Trivia
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.