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Samir

Swiss film director, filmmaker, film producer (born 1955)
Person human Q121526

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
July 29, 1955
Place of birth
Baghdad
Country of citizenship
Switzerland, Iraq[7][8]
Occupation
film director, screenwriter, film producer, director
Award received
Swiss Film Award, Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award[9][10]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[19]
Documentation files at
SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts[20]
Given name
Samir[12]
Has works in the collection
Kunsthaus Zürich, Harvard Film Archive, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe[16][17][18]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Harvard Film Archive Project[15]
P14750
D3CF-2D98-0279-BF2D-1395[21]
Pseudonym
Samir[13]
Represented by
Video Data Bank[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jamal-Aldin Samir en Samir en Samir Jamal al Din ar سمير de Samir Jamal Aldin ja サミール ru Самир th ซามีร์ zh 萨米尔 zh-hant 薩米爾·賈馬爾·阿爾丁
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
0000000079974748
VIAF cluster ID
56935232
Library of Congress authority ID
no2005018604
GND ID
13690341X
A*dS Encyclopedia ID
21135
AllMovie person ID
an102281
AlloCiné person ID
18161
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15608258p
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID
52370
DDB person (GND) ID
13690341X
Described at URL
www.swissfilms.ch
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
13690341X
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Film.ru person ID
samir-1
FilmAffinity person and company ID
396301914
Filmportal ID
df25c4c64e1e46798a3649e6b3bbeffe
Freebase ID
/m/0dm341y
IMDb ID
nm0759848
IdRef ID
223941956
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
13690341X
Kallías ID
PE00402057
Kinobox person ID
385240
Kinopoisk person ID
231681
LUMIERE director ID
6637
LdiF person ID
49044
MovieMeter person ID
64004
Munzinger person ID
00000030547
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
131603
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007435180105171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
31284560X
Open Media Database person ID
64004
SPAP ID
a/b70d1979-d90d-420d-8cc9-3031341a82dd
TMDB person ID
64004
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrwXTtcYmp4rCDk7tdhHC
Yale LUX ID
person/485006c8-9c45-4185-a8f3-b3da54b67017
ZKM person ID
samir
ČSFD person ID
22342

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
film director, screenwriter, film producer
Country of citizenship 2
Switzerland, Iraq
Has works in the collection 2
Kunsthaus Zürich, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
← Producer 2
Dawn, Dora or the Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents
Award received 1
Swiss Film Award
Films directed 1
Iraqi Odyssey
Films written 1
Iraqi Odyssey
Given name 1
Samir
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Baghdad
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Les Rues-des-Vignes
← Film editor 1
Iraqi Odyssey
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Summary

Samir was born on July 29, 1955[1], in Baghdad[2]. He has worked as a film director[3], screenwriter[4], film producer[5], and director[6].

FAQs

Where was Samir born?

Samir was born in Baghdad[2].

What did Samir do for work?

Samir worked as a film director[3], screenwriter[4], film producer[5], and director[6].

What awards did Samir receive?

Honors received include Swiss Film Award[9] and Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award[10].

Related Entities

Iraq Kunsthaus Zürich Switzerland ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . zkm.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . HOLLIS. Retrieved . id.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . vdb.org. Retrieved . vdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . memobase.ch. Retrieved . memobase.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . HOLLIS. Retrieved . id.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . zkm.de. Retrieved . zkm.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . performing-arts.ch. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 11
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'fr', 'id', 'mg', 'ur']
    Association Authors of Switzerland ID (former scheme) → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/60999|batch #60999]]: remove deprecated P1291 value; new P9046 already present"
  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → D3CF-2D98-0279-BF2D-1395
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46460|batch #46460]]: HAND ID (6)"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → Switzerland, Iraq
    Documentation files at → SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
    Award received → Swiss Film Award, Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award
    Copyright status as a creator → works protected by copyrights
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31703|batch #31703]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (4)"
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