John Fadaaq

John Fadaaq (November 22, 1948) is a Brunanter director, screenwriter, producer and musician. Identified as one of the most important comedy filmmakers of Brunanter cinema, Fadaaq has been involved in over twenty films.

Combining black humor with slapstick comedy and sometimes surreal humor, Fadaaq is best known for his films Grab the Thalers and Run (1991), The Wedding (1995), Two Women and a Corpse (1999) and The Man Who Would Be President (2010). In most of his films he has a cameo role, usually as Merdzan the Trumpeter, a Gypsy street musician. Fadaaq himself is a jazz trumpeter, having released several albums.