Tarik Saleh

Tarik Saleh is a screenwriter, director, and producer. At the end of the 1980s he entered the history of Swedish culture as a top graffiti artist. He created the documentary magazine Alive in Cairo, Egypt 1995, following this up with the seminal Swedish underground magazine Atlas.

In 2001 he co-directed the provocative documentary Sacrificio – Who Betrayed Che Guevara?. In 2009 he finished the animated feature Metropia (starring Vincent Gallo, Juliette Lewis, Alexander Skarsgård, Stellan Skarsgård, and Udo Kier), which premiere opened the Settimana della critica at Venice and then toured over 65 festivals. 2014 saw the premiere of his crime thriller Tommy. He is a cofounder of Atmo productions.

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