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Tarik Saleh
Stockholm, Sweden
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 förs…
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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.
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2025
Eagles of the Republic
Movie Director
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2025
Being Bo Widerberg
Movie Self
- 2024
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2022
Cairo Conspiracy
Movie Director
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2022
The Contractor
Movie Director
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2021
The Land of the Cyclops
TV show Self
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2019
Swoon
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
The Nile Hilton Incident
Movie Executive Producer
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2016
Westworld
TV show Director
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2014
Tommy
Movie Executive Producer
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2014
Seat 26D
Movie Executive Producer
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2013
Ray Donovan
TV show Director
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2011
Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing
Movie Director
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2011
Lykke Li - Live on the Moon
Movie Director
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2009
Metropia
Movie Director
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2006
Världens modernaste land
TV show Creator
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2006
Blodgruppen
Movie Thanks
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2005
Gitmo
Movie Director
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2005
Om du var jag
TV show Writer
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2004
Tony & Sylvio
Movie Director
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2001
Sacrificio: Who Betrayed Che Guevara
Movie Director
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2000
En klass för sig
TV show Writer
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1998
Elbyl
Movie
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1987
På spåret
TV show Self - Contestant
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Charlie Johnson in the Flames
Movie Director
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The Cairo Trilogy
Movie Director
