Tarik Saleh
- Directing
- January 28, 1972 · Stockholm, Sweden
Biography
Tarik Saleh (Arabic: طارق صالح; born 28 January 1972; Stockholm) is a Swedish film director, animator, screenwriter, producer, publisher, journalist. He was born in Högalids församling, Stockholm to a Swedish mother and an Egyptian father. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was one of Sweden's most prominent graffiti artists, including co-creating Fascinate. He has also worked as a TV host for Sveriges Television and is one of the founders of production company Atmo. His work often contains techniques such as montages, cut-out graphics and faces with manipulated lip synching. At the 53rd Guldbagge Awards, his film The Nile Hilton Incident won five awards, including Best Film. His film Boy from Heaven was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Known for
Filmography
- Eagles of the Republic · Director, Screenplay
- Skavlan & Sverige · Self
- Being Bo Widerberg · Self
- Il était une fois... « La Conspiration du Caire » · Self
- Cairo Conspiracy · Director, Writer
- The Contractor · Director
- The Land of the Cyclops · Self
- Swoon · Executive producer
- The Nile Hilton Incident · Executive producer, Director
- Westworld · Director
- Tommy · Executive producer, Director
- Seat 26D · Executive producer
- Ray Donovan · Director
- Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing · Director
- Lykke Li - Live on the Moon · Director
- Metropia · Director, Screenplay
- Världens modernaste land · Creator
- Blodgruppen · Thanks
- Gitmo · Director
- Om du var jag · Writer
- Tony & Sylvio · Director
- Sacrificio: Who Betrayed Che Guevara · Director
- En klass för sig · Writer
- Elbyl
- På spåret · Self
- Charlie Johnson in the Flames · Director
- The Cairo Trilogy · Director