Sami Saif Explained

Sami Saif
Birth Name:	Sami Martin Saif
Birth Place:	Denmark
Known For:	Documentary filmmaker

Sami Martin Saif (born 1972) is a Danish award-winning documentary filmmaker.

Saif graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1997 having made the short The UFO War.^[1] He then started work on Danish broadcaster DR mainly in the TV Children and Youth Department.^[2]

In 2000, Saif directed The Video Diary of Ricardo Lopez, based on the final days of Ricardo Lopez who was obsessed with Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk.^[3] He followed it up with the documentary Family co-directed with, that won Saif and Ambo multiple awards.^[4] The film follows Saif's search for 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.^[5]

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Bondebjerg, I. . Virkelighedsbilleder: den moderne danske dokumentarfilm . Samfundslitteratur . 2012 . 978-87-593-1629-0 . da . 9 June 2021 . 116.
2. http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/person/en/147725.aspx?id=147725 Danish Film Institute: Sami Saif page
3. http://www.ekkofilm.dk/artikler/bag-et-mediemonster/ EkkoFilm: Bag et mediemonster
4. Book: Sundholm . J. . Thorsen . I. . Andersson . L.G. . Hedling . O. . Iversen . G. . Møller . B.T. . Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema . Scarecrow Press . G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series . 2012 . 978-0-8108-5524-3 . 3 July 2021 . 12.
5. http://www.dfi.dk/Nyheder/FILMupdate/2010/november/Grand-Prix-kongens-fald.aspx Dfi.dk: Grand Prix-Kongens fald