Tarik Saleh
Director, Writer, Producer
January 28, 1972 (54 years)
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2022 | Cairo ConspiracyOn Plex |
| 2022 | The ContractorOn Plex |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2014 | |
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| 2009 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2001 |
| 2025 | Eagles of the Republic · as Screenplay |
| 2022 | Cairo ConspiracyOn Plex |
| 2017 | |
| 2009 | Metropia · as Screenplay |
| 2025 | Eagles of the Republic · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | The Children of Camp Ashraf · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Cairo Conspiracy · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2019 | Swoon · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | The Nile Hilton Incident · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Tommy · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Seat 26D · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Skavlan And Sweden · as Self - Guest |
| 2025 | Being Bo Widerberg · as Self |
| 2023 | Beau Geste · as Self |
| 2021 | Cyklopernas land · as Self |
| 2021 | Carina Bergfeldt · as Self |
| 2017 | Quan arribin els marcians · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2003 | A Film & Its Era · as Self |
| 2001 | Sacrificio: Who Betrayed Che Guevara · as Self |
| 1992 | TV4 Nyhetsmorgon · as Self - Director Of Tommy |
| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1987 | På spåret · as Self - Contestant |