Josef Fares

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1977-09-19 (47 years old)

Place of Birth Beirut, Lebanon

Josef Fares

Biography

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.

Known For

Director

2010
Balls

as Director

2008
Hockey Model

as Director

2007
Leo

as Director

2005
Zozo

as Director

2003
Kopps

as Director

2000

Actor

2022
GAME GENOME

as ゲスト(VTR出演)

2015
Renées brygga

as Himself

2010
Hellenius Hörna

as Self - Guest

2010
Solsidan

as Regissör

2009
Skavlan

as Self - Guest

2007
Leo

as Josef

2004
The Babylon Syndrome

as Male nurse

Writer

2010
Balls

as Writer

2007
Leo

as Writer

2005
Zozo

as Writer

2003
Kopps

as Screenplay

Producer

It Takes Two

as Executive Producer

2023
Exodus

as Executive Producer

Crew

2012
Bekas

as Thanks

Editor

2007
Leo

as Editor