Sami Saif
Sami Saif | |
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| Born | Sami Martin Saif 1972 |
| Known for | Documentary filmmaker |
Sami Martin Saif (born in Denmark in 1972) is a Danish award-winning documentary filmmaker.
Sami Saif graduated from the National Film School of Denmark (in Danish Den Danske Filmskole) in 1997 having made the short The UFO War. He then started work on Danish broadcaster DR mainly in the TV Children and Youth Department.[1]
In 2000, Sami Saif directed The Video Diary of Ricardo Lopez, based on the final days of Ricardo Lopez who was obsessed with Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk. He followed it up with the documentary Family co-directed with Phie Ambo, that won Saif and Ambo multiple awards. It is a touching journey seeking to find his missing father aided by his girlfriend Phie Ambo. Other films winning or being nominated to awards were Dogville Confessions (2003) and Tommy (2010) about singer Tommy Seebach.
Awards
- For Family, shared concurrently with Phie Ambo
- 2001: Won "Joris Ivens Award" at Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
- 2001: Won Roos Award at Roos Awards, Denmark (shared with Janus Billeskov Jansen)
- 2002: Won "Documentary Award - Special Mention" at AFI Fest, Los Angeles
- 2002: Won "Best Documentary" at the Robert Awards
- 2002: Nominated for "Best Film" at the Bodil Awards
- For Dogville Confessions
- 2003: Won "FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention" at the Stockholm Film Festival
- For Tommy
- 2011: Nominated for "Best Documentary" at the Robert Awards
Filmography
(all documentaries)
- 2000: The Video Diary of Ricardo Lopez (credited as Sami Martin Saif)
- 2001: Family
- 2003: Dogville Confessions (credited as Sami Martin Saif)
- 2006: Mit Danmark
- 2009: Paradis
- 2010: Tommy
- Documentary shorts
- 1995: The UFO War (TV short)
- 2004: American Short (documentary short)
- 2006: Awaiting (documentary short)
- Producer
- 2010: Tommy