# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malik-bendjelloul
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:37:40.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malik-bendjelloul"
name: "Malik Bendjelloul"
slug: "malik-bendjelloul"
description: "Malik Bendjelloul was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and actor. He directed the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award."
tagline: "Swedish film and documentary director (1977-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malik_Bendjelloul_Deauville_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "SE"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1977-09-14"
deathDate: "2014-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.49418133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump