Sam Garbarski

{{short description|Belgian film director and screenwriter}}

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| image = Garbarski.jpg

| caption = Sam Garbarski in October 2010

| name = Sam Garbarski

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|2|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Planegg, Germany

| nationality = Belgian

| years_active = 1998–present

}}

Sam Garbarski (born 13 February 1948) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. His film Irina Palm (2007) was awarded Best European Film at the 53rd David di Donatello Awards.{{cite news |title=Dieci David a La ragazza del Lago |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/08_aprile_18/david_donatello_cinema_bd646b84-0d7a-11dd-9f4c-00144f486ba6.shtml |accessdate=16 January 2019 |work=Corriere della Sera |date=18 April 2008 |language=Italian}} He then directed A Distant Neighborhood (2010), a fantasy film based on the manga of the same name by Jiro Taniguchi. Garbarski co-wrote its screenplay with Jérôme Tonnerre and Philippe Blasband. The film earned him a Magritte Award nomination in the category of Best Director.{{cite news|first=James|last=Marsh|title=Bullhead bags 9 Nominations at Belgian Film Awards|url=http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/01/bullhead-bags-9-nominations-in-belgian-film-awards.php|website=Screen Anarchy|accessdate=12 February 2012|date=10 January 2012}}

His film Bye Bye Germany was released in 2017 to critical acclaim.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bye_bye_germany |title=Bye Bye Germany (Es war einmal in Deutschland...) (2018) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=29 June 2018}} He grew up as child of two Holocaust survivors and left West-Germany for Belgium in 1970.{{Cite web|url=https://filmreporter.de/stars/interview/261-Tango-als-Allheilmittel|title = Interview: Sam Garbarski zu Sam Garbarski zu der Tango der Rashevskis | FILMREPORTER.de}} He is the father of actress Tania Garbarski.