Josef Fares

Birthday: September 19th, 1977

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.