Sami Martin Saif (born 1972) is a Danish award-winning documentary filmmaker.
Sami Saif graduated from the
National Film School of Denmark
The National Film School of Denmark ( da, Den Danske Filmskole) is an independent institution under the Ministry of Culture of Denmark, Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It was established in 1966 and is based on Holmen, Copenhagen, Holmen in ...
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.
In 2000, Sami Saif directed ''The Video Diary of Ricardo Lopez'', based on the final days of
Ricardo Lopez who was obsessed with
Iceland
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ic singer-songwriter
Björk
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. He followed it up with the documentary ''Family'' co-directed with , that won Saif and Ambo multiple awards.
It is a touching journey seeking to find his missing father aided by his then-girlfriend, Phie Ambo. Other films winning or being nominated for awards were ''Dogville Confessions'' (2003) and ''Tommy'' (2010) about singer, composer and musician
Tommy Seebach
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.
Dfi.dk: Grand Prix-Kongens fald
Filmography
Documentaries
* 2000: ''The Video Diary of Ricardo López'' (credited as Sami Martin Saif)
* 2001: '
* 2003: ' (credited as Sami Martin Saif)
* 2006: '
* 2009: '
* 2010: '
* 2016: '
Documentary shorts
* 1995: ''The UFO War'' (TV short)
* 2004: ''American Short'' (documentary short)
* 2006: ''Awaiting'' (documentary short)
Producer
* 2010: ''Tommy''
References
External links
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1972 births
Danish documentary film directors
Living people