Saam Farahmand (born 1979) is a British film and music video director. A fine arts graduate of Goldsmiths, Farahmand is considered, according to The Guardian, "one of the most talented music video directors of his generation.[1]
Saam Farahmand | |
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| Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Finchley, London, United Kingdom |
Biography
editFarahmand was born in 1979 to Iranian parents in Finchley, London, United Kingdom.[1][2]
Videography
edit- Electric Six – "Gay Bar" (2003)[1]
- Klaxons – "Gravity's Rainbow", "Magick", & "Golden Skans" (2006)[3]
- Klaxons – "Gravity's Rainbow" (new version) & "It's Not Over Yet" (2007)[3]
- Hercules and Love Affair – "Blind" (2008)[4]
- Janet Jackson – "Feedback"[1][5] & "Rock with U"[6] (2008)
- Late of the Pier – "The Bears Are Coming" (2008)
- These New Puritans – "Elvis" (2008)[6]
- Cheryl Cole ft. will.i.am – "3 Words" version 2 (2009)[6]
- Simian Mobile Disco – "Cruel Intentions" (2009)[7][8]
- The xx – "Islands" (2009)[6][9][10]
- Klaxons – "Twin Flames"[1][8][11] & "Echoes"[3] (2010)
- Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. – "Somebody to Love Me" (2010)[1][12]
- Soulwax – "Machine" The film was previsualised, edited and post produced by Andrew Daffy's The House of Curves in London.(2012)[13]
- Tom Vek – "Aroused" (2011)[1][14]
- Viktoria Modesta – "Prototype" (2014)[15]
- The Last Shadow Puppets – "Everything You've Come to Expect" (2016)[16]
- The Last Shadow Puppets – "Aviation" (2016)[17]
- The Last Shadow Puppets – "Miracle Aligner" (2016)[18]
- Mick Jagger - "Gotta Get A Grip" (2017) [19]
- Ellie Goulding & Juice Wrld - Hate Me (2019)
- Ashnikko - You Make Me Sick (2023)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Iqbal, Nosheen (2011). "Saam Farahmand: the light fantastic", TheGuardian.com.
- ^ "Knowing me, knowing you: Saam Farahmand and Pegah Farahmand". The Independent. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Music Videos – Saam Farahmand". Partizan. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ Knight, David (2008). "Hercules and Love Affair's Blind by Saam", PromoNews.TV.
- ^ "Part 4: Making of "Feedback" Video". YouTube. 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d Cochrane, Lauren (25 September 2010). "Meet the new wave of directors freeing music videos from the shackles of the MTV playlist". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ "Simian Mobile Disco 'faced opposition' for 'Cruel Intentions' video", NME.com.
- ^ a b Wilson, David (2010). "The Klaxons: Twin Flames and the rise of the NSFW video", Motiongrapher.com.
- ^ "The xx – Islands". XL Recordings. 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2014..
- ^ Hasty, Katie (2010). "Watch: The xx mesmerize with repetitious 'Islands' music video", HitFix.com.
- ^ "Twin Flames" at IMDb.
- ^ Saam Farahmand at IMDb.
- ^ "Machine" on Vimeo.
- ^ "Aroused" at IMDb.
- ^ "Viktoria Modesta: the world's first amputee pop star". Euronews. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Exclaim!: The Last Shadow Puppets - "Everything You've Come to Expect" (video)
- ^ Pitchfork: The Last Shadow Puppets Dig Their Graves in "Aviation" Video
- ^ The Last Shadow Puppets - Miracle Aligner (Official Video)
- ^ Eckardt, Stephanie. "Jemima Kirke Stars in Mick Jagger's Very, Very Sweaty New Music Video". W Magazine. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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