About
Amir (Saam) Arjmand has a background in music and acting. In 2003 he moved from Iran to study at the London Film Academy (LFA). Upon graduation he won the Osbourne Clarke Writer Award and directed his first short film, Siren, which was screened in Toronto. He then attended the MA Filmmaking program at the London Film School and has worked as DOP on seven graduation films. He shot his first feature Waiting at the Gate, which won the special committee award at the Milan Film Festival. Recently he has directed two professional commercials as well as several music videos.
Saam Arjmand
LFS Filmography
Taking Flight,CINEMATOGRAPHER, Super 16mm, 17mi, LFS, 2011
The Hallying, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Super 16mm, 15m, LFS, 2011
Something More (music video),CINEMATOGRAPHER, RED, 6m, LFS, 2011
The Cave, CINEMATOGRAPHER, HD, 6m, LFS, 2011
Only Sound Remains, CAMERA OPERATOR, 35mm, 15m, LFS, 2010
9th Tofifest International Film Festival, Poland,
Indie Gathering International Film Festival, Cleveland, Ohio
2nd Place, Landlocked film festival, Iowa City, Iowa,
19th Yasujiro Ozu International Short Film Festival, Sassuolo, Italy
9th Imaginaria Festival, Conversano Italy
London Lift-Off film festival, London UK
The 2011 International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, 18th l'Alternativa 2011, Barcelona, Spain
Red Film Festival, Zion canyon, Utah
Waterford Film Festival, Waterford, Ireland
Montreal Film Festival, Munich Student Film Festival, Brazilian Student Film Festival
Overtime, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Super 16mm, 12m, LFS, 2010
Salto Mortale, CAMERA OPERATOR, 35mm, 20m, LFS, 2010
Our Day Will Come, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 35mm, 15m, LFS, 2009
The Game, CAMERA OPERATOR, 35mm, B&W, 12m, LFS, 2009
Waiting at the Gate,CINEMATOGRAPHER, 16mm, 80m, 2007