10 Facts About Malik Bendjelloul

Malik Bendjelloul was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and actor.

Malik Bendjelloul directed the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.

Malik Bendjelloul was the brother of journalist Johar Bendjelloul and the nephew of actors Peter and Johan Schildt.

Malik Bendjelloul grew up in central and southern Sweden and during the 1990s acted in the SVT TV series Ebba och Didrik as Philip Clavelle.

Malik Bendjelloul was educated at the Ronne Gymnasium in Angelholm, where he entered the social science programme.

Malik Bendjelloul started his television career as a reporter on Swedish public television, where he worked as a freelancer and journalist for Kobra.

Malik Bendjelloul's documentary Searching for Sugar Man won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Malik Bendjelloul won the 2013 BAFTA Award, Directors Guild of America, Producers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, American Cinema Editors, the Sundance audience and special jury accolades and the 2012 International Documentary Association awards.

In 2013, Malik 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.

At rush hour on 13 May 2014, Malik Bendjelloul died by suicide when he jumped in front of an oncoming train at the Solna centrum metro station in Stockholm after struggling with depression, as reported by his brother Johar.