Samer Najari
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Moscow, USSR
Biography
Samer NAJARI (1976, Russia) was born in Moscow to a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother. He began his studies in architecture at the University of Damascus at the age of 18. Since immigrating to Canada in 1994, he has completed a BFA in Film Production at Concordia University. In 2001 he took part in a two-year residency at the Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France. Since his return to Canada, Samer Najari has directed two internationally acclaimed short films. Arwad is his first feature-length film and is co-directed by Dominique Chila.
Best known work
Arwad
2013
The Art of Speech
2016
irlande cahier bleu
2023
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
2009
Le petit oiseau va sortir
2006
Nous irons à la plage, tu feras une sieste, je compterai les nuages
2002
Memory is a Dying Horse
2021
Un Goût amer d’éternité
Chrysanthème
2000
How far this road take us?
2021Filmography
TBA
Un Goût amer d’éternitéDirector
2024
Rituals Under a Scarlet SkyDirector, Editor, Screenplay
2023
irlande cahier bleuas Jean-Noël
2021
Memory is a Dying HorseEditor, Director of Photography, Director
2021
How far this road take us?Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Sound
2016
2013
ArwadDirector, Writer, Producer
2009
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig TreesWriter, Director
2006
Le petit oiseau va sortirDirector, Editor, Writer
2002
Nous irons à la plage, tu feras une sieste, je compterai les nuagesDirector, Editor, Director of Photography
2000
ChrysanthèmeProduction Assistant