Malik Bendjelloul (4 September 1977 – 13 May 2014) was a Swedish Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and former child actor. His movie Searching for Sugar Man won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Bendjelloul was born in Ystad to a Swedish mother and Algerian father.
Bendjelloul committed suicide in Solna on 13 May 2014, aged 36. At the time of death, he was suffering from depression.