Sami Saif

{{Short description|Danish documentary filmmaker}}

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Sami Martin Saif (born 1972) is a Danish award-winning documentary filmmaker.

Saif graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1997 having made the short The UFO War.{{cite book |last=Bondebjerg |first=I. |title=Virkelighedsbilleder: den moderne danske dokumentarfilm |publisher=Samfundslitteratur |year=2012 |isbn=978-87-593-1629-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rGR0iGbfA4EC&pg=PA116 |language=da |access-date=9 June 2021 |page=116}} He then started work on Danish broadcaster DR mainly in the TV Children and Youth Department.[http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/person/en/147725.aspx?id=147725 Danish Film Institute: Sami Saif page]

In 2000, Saif directed The Video Diary of Ricardo Lopez, based on the final days of Ricardo Lopez who was obsessed with Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk.[http://www.ekkofilm.dk/artikler/bag-et-mediemonster/ EkkoFilm: Bag et mediemonster] {{in lang|da}} He followed it up with the documentary Family co-directed with {{ill|Phie Ambo|da||fr}}, that won Saif and Ambo multiple awards.{{cite book |last1=Sundholm |first1=J. |last2=Thorsen |first2=I. |last3=Andersson |first3=L.G. |last4=Hedling |first4=O. |last5=Iversen |first5=G. |last6=Møller |first6=B.T. |title=Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema |publisher=Scarecrow Press |series=G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-8108-5524-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ae4QqlUDt9wC&pg=PA12 |access-date=3 July 2021 |page=12}} The film follows Saif's search for his missing father, aided by his then-girlfriend, Phie Ambo. Other films winning or being nominated for awards were Dogville Confessions (2003) and Tommy (2010) about singer, composer and musician Tommy Seebach.[http://www.dfi.dk/Nyheder/FILMupdate/2010/november/Grand-Prix-kongens-fald.aspx Dfi.dk: Grand Prix-Kongens fald] {{in lang|da}}