Co-Author, Director, Producer
Samir, born 1955 in Bagdad, grew up in Switzerland. In 1982 he first he worked as freelance author and director. Today Samir is well known for his unique work encompassing video and electronic cinema: he has worked on over 40 films, such as «Morlove - an Ode for Heisenberg» (1986) and the docu-essay «Babylon 2» (1993).
In 1994 he co-founded Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion with filmmaker Werner Schweizer. Located in Zurich, the aim of this production company was to encourage new, young swiss film-makers and talents.
In the Nineties, besides concentrating on his own projects as an independent producer and director, Samir worked for German broadcasters, directing several features and series for private channels such as SAT1, RTL and Pro7, as well as for public television channels such as WDR, ZDF, the French-German ARTE amongst others.
His films received national and international awards and also won him recognition for the innovative aspects of his work. Samir teaches at the Kunsthochschule für Medien (KHM) in Cologne and at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie (dffb) in Berlin.
Some of his work is also presented in an art context.
Filmography
2005 SNOW WHITE 35mm/16mm/DV Blow-up 35mm, 110 min, melodrama
2002 FORGET BAGHDAD (NEW WORLD ORDER) 35mm, 110 min, documentary
1998 PROJECZIUNS TIBETANAS Video, 24 min, documentary, TvR
1997 LA ETA KNABINO 35 mm, 6 min, digital silent-film fable
1993 BABYLON 2 Video/35 mm, 90 min, documentary
1991 IMMER & EWIG Video/35 mm, 90 min, experimental, feature
1988 FILOU 35 mm, 90 min, feature film
1986 MORLOVE U-Matic, 71 min experimental, feature
1984 STUMMFILM 16 mm, 18 min, feature film
Commissioned works
1999 DIE JAGD NACH DEM TOD 90 min, TV film for Pro7
1997 BALKO 2 x 47 min, crime film series for RTL
1996 TÖDLICHE SCHWESTERNLIEBE 90 min, TV film for Pro7
1996 DIE METZGER 90 min, TV film for ZDF
1995 DIE DREI 3 x 47 min, crime film series for SAT 1
1995 DIE PARTNER 6 x 47 min, crime film series for ARD
1994 EUROCOPS 2 x 50 min, crime film series for ZDF, SF DRS, ORF
Other works
2000 NORMAN PLAYS GOLF Multimedia Theater piece, Gessnerallee
1999 (IT WAS) JUST A JOB Video-Installation, ZKM Karlsruhe
1996 THE SOCIAL LIFE OF ROSES Video-Installation with Pipilotti Rist,
1996 Kunsthalle Baden-Baden