years_active birth_place nationality ethnicity birth_date alt image article_title name occupation
1996 -- present beirut , lebanon swedish assyrian 19 september 1977 fares in stockholm in may 2010 200px josef fares
 josef fares film director , screenwriter , actor
josef fares

josef fares -lrb- born 19 september 1977 -rrb- is a crystal-simorgh winning swedish film director of lebanese assyrian 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 , '' '' .
the game was well received by critics , with the focus being about the interaction between two brothers and their journey to save their father .
