
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Copenhagen, Denmark
Samir Abdallah was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to Egyptian modern art pioneer Hamed Abdallah and his Danish nurse wife. He has lived in France since the age of six, where he acquired French nationality.
After studying Drama and Cinema at the University of Nanterre in the early 1980s, he participated in the creation of the IM’Média Agency with his brother Mogniss, and produced numerous reports and documentaries on Immigration for the program Rencontres, on the French channel FR3, between 1988 and 1991. He has produced, alone or in collaboration, numerous documentaries, including: Islam in France, between traditions and modernity in 1990, The Revolt of Veaux-en-Velin in 1991, Journeys in the...
2025
Director
2023
2023
Director
2018
Director
2016
Sound, Director of Photography, Director
2012
Editor, Cinematography, Director
2011
Director
2009
2006
Director
2004
Director, Cinematography
2002
Director
1999
1998
Director
1998
as Self
1997
Director
1991
Director
1990
Director
1989
1989
Director of Photography
1988
Director of Photography
1986
Director
1986
Director, Sound
1985
Director
1985
Director, Writer
1983
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