Johar Bendjelloul
| Johar Bendjelloul | |
|---|---|
 Johar Bendjelloul at the 2012 Guldbagge Awards | |
| Born |
1 September 1975 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Television presenter, journalist |
Johar Bendjelloul (born 1 September 1975) is a Swedish television presenter and journalist.[1]
Since 2013, Bendjelloul has been hosting P1 Morgon at Sveriges Radio.[2] Before that he was a television presenter at SVT1 for Gomorron Sverige and also Babel, Kulturnyheterna and Aktuellt.[2][3]
He has also done voice acting doing one of the characters in the child film, Jack & Pedro.[4]
Personal life
Johar is the son of Algerian-born physician Hacène Bendjelloul and Swedish translator and painter Veronica Schildt, as well as grandson of actor Henrik Schildt.
His brother Malik Bendjelloul was an Academy Award-winning filmmaker for the documentary Searching for Sugar Man[1][5] Malik committed suicide on 13 May 2014 after struggling with depression, as Johar reported to the media.[6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lovisa Kullheim. ""Familjen ska skåla i champagne" – Kultur". SVT.se. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Johar Bendjelloul (19 September 2012). "Johar Bendjelloul ny programledare för P1 Morgon – Pressinformation". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "På bibblan luktar det som förr" (in Swedish). hd.se. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Jack & Pedro | Röda roboten animation". Rodaroboten.se. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ Georg Cederskog. "Malik Bendjellouls bror: Han var deprimerad". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ Lindberg, Johan; Nyman, Emelie (13 May 2014). "Filmskaparen Malik Bendjelloul har avlidit". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ Bruce Weber (13 May 2014). "Malik Bendjelloul, 36, Oscar Winner for 'Sugar Man' Documentary, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 May 2014.