Skip to content
Josef Fares

Josef Fares

Director · Born September 19, 1977 · Beirut, Lebanon

IMDb

Biography

Josef Fares (born 19 September 1977) is a Swedish-Lebanese film director and video game designer of Assyrian descent. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films, including one of his major hits, A Way Out (2018). He is the founder of Hazelight Studios. He was presented with "The Game Of The Year Award" for his game It Takes Two at  The Game Awards in 2021. He also directed the game Split Fiction (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Josef Fares, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 6

2010s

  1. 2010

    Balls

    Director

2000s

  1. 2008

    Hockey Model

    Director

  2. 2007

    Leo

    Director

  3. 2005

    Zozo

    Director

  4. 2003
  5. 2000

    The Best Man's Wedding

    Director

Wrote 6

2010s

  1. 2010

    Balls

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2007

    Leo

    Writer

  2. 2005

    Zozo

    Writer

  3. 2003
  4. 2000

    The Best Man's Wedding

    Writer

No release date

  1. Split Fiction

    Characters

Acted in 4

2020s

  1. 2022

    GAME GENOME

    ゲスト(VTR出演) · 1 episode

2000s

  1. 2007

    Leo

    Josef

  2. 2004

Produced 2

2020s

  1. 2023

    Exodus

    Executive Producer

No release date

  1. Split Fiction

    Executive Producer

Edited 1

2000s

  1. 2007

    Leo

    Editor

Appearances7

2020s

  1. 2026

    Inte Ett Riktigt Jobb

    Self

  2. 2021

2010s

  1. 2019

    Mästaren

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 2015
  3. 2014

    The Game Awards

    Self · 1 episode

  4. 2010
Thanked in the credits1

2010s

  1. 2012