Josef Fares

Born: 1977-09-19

Josef Fares (born 19 September 1977) is a Crystal-Simorgh winning Swedish film director of Lebanese Aramean origin. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films. Josef Fares moved to Sweden when he was 10 years old and lives in Örebro, Örebro län. Variety declared him one of ten upcoming directors to watch in 2006. The same year he won the Nordic Council Film Prize for his film Zozo. He also played the character of "Josef" in his feature film Leo, which was selected for the Focus section in the 58th Edition of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2008. In 2013 he directed his first video game Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons: a story-driven adventure video game, well received by critics, about an interaction between the two boys with each other and the journey around their world.


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The Babylon Syndrome

as Male nurse
Released: 2004-09-24

When Maja's boyfriend travels to India for a couple of months, she is left with no place to...

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Leo

as Josef
Released: 2007-11-15

Surrounded by his family and friends Leo celebrates his 30th birthday by toasting the future....

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Hellenius Hörna

as Guest
First aired: 2010-10-07

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Solsidan

as Regissör
First aired: 2010-01-29

The series is named after a small part of Saltsjöbaden called Solsidan. It revolves around Alex...

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Skavlan

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2009-01-16

Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik...

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GAME GENOME

as ゲスト(VTR出演)
First aired: 2022-10-05

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Renées brygga

as Himself
First aired: 2015-02-18

TV presenter invites Swedish celebrities and interesting personalities to her summer island in...

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