Samir - Iraq
For General Schwarzkopf, the Gulf War is just another job
Duration : 5 min
Year of production : 1992
Country : Iraq
Editor : Ronnie WAHZI
Director : Samir
Production company : Samir ( Suisse )
Samir
Born in 1955 in Baghdad, Iraq. Migrated with his family to Switzerland in the 60s.
After studying at the School of Arts in Zurich, apprenticeship as a typographer. In
the late 70s, training as a cameraman. Activist in the radical youth movement in the
early 80s in Zurich. First works as freelance author and director in 1982.
Today Samir is well known for his unique fiction, documentary and experimental
films, whose innovative character drew attention at various festivals and
won numerous awards. His work to this day encompasses more than 40 short and
full-length feature films for cinema and television. In the 90s he also worked as a
director for national and international broadcasters.
In 1994 he took over Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion with filmmaker
Werner Schweizer and producer Karin Koch. Based in Zurich, it builds up new Swiss
film talents.
