Amar Somaroo
Known for
Directing
Born
September 1, 1995 (age 31)
Birthplace
The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Biography
Amar Somaroo (born September 1, 1995) is a Dutch film director, writer, and editor of South Asian descent. His work explores themes of diaspora identity, migration, existentialism, and cultural fragmentation through visually immersive and psychologically driven storytelling. He is best known for the composite drama Cyanide (2021), the autobiographical documentary The Place I Call Home (2022), and the television pilot Exodus (2025).
Born in The Hague to Indian-Surinamese parents, Somaroo developed a passion for storytelling during his early teens. In 2014, at the age of 18, he became one of the youngest published authors in Dutch history with the release of his debut fantasy novel The Redemp...
Best known work
Cyanide
2021
Outsiders
2023
Feathers
2015
Unredeeemed
2016
Abiogenesis
Exodus
2025
The Place I Call Home
2022
A Woman in Kurdistan
2017
Anarkali
2018
Visions: A tale about Schizophrenia
2017Filmography
TBA
Abiogenesisas Self, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Location Manager
2025
ExodusDirector, Writer
2023
2022
The Place I Call HomeDirector
2021
CyanideDirector, Writer
2018
AnarkaliDirector, Director of Photography, Producer
2017
A Woman in KurdistanDirector, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
2017
Visions: A tale about SchizophreniaDirector, Writer, Executive Producer
2016
21Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
2016
Unredeeemedas Lost Soul, Director, Writer
2015
Feathersas Self, Director, Editor, Director of Photography