Malik Bendjelloul
Malik Bendjelloul
Malik Bendjelloulwas a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and former child actor. He directed the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth14 September 1977
CountrySweden
best computers happens music social soundtrack
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.
money
You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free.
art crumbling nowhere
There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
bought cheap countries flight months quit six stories
I quit my job. I bought myself a real cheap, like, around-the-world flight ticket, and I went to 16 countries for six months just backpacking, living in cheap hostels, looking for stories with a camera and my ex-girlfriend.
If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
art follow higher love magical maybe music song
I love music. I think it's a higher art form, in a way, than movies. You know, a film you see once, maybe twice. A song will follow you forever. It's a magical thing.
few good music
I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about music? Normally, you can't say too much. There are a few really good ones, but the majorities are boring, I think.
nice house beverly-hills
Success is not only one thing. Its not only having a nice house in Beverly Hills and driving a nice Mercedes.
thinking wonderful
Travel is wonderful. Everyone thinks it's wonderful.
careers music-career slowly-but-surely
Most music careers slowly but surely go down.
inspiration giving stories
There are a few really fantastic stories left, and that kind of gives you some inspiration to find even new ones.
growing-up kids jail
The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in jail.
perfect interesting three
The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting.
men thinking sugar
I dont 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.