Malik Bader is an American director, screenwriter and actor best known for the Chicago heist film Street Thief (2007), crime thriller Cash Only (2015) and the crime drama Killerman (2019) starring Liam Hemsworth and Zlatco Buric. Malik was born and raised in Chicago where he and his brother were prolific in the Chicago house music scene. The brothers began making movies when they were kids, inspired by their criminal surroundings. Bader is a frequent collaborator with the Actor Nickola Shreli.