Education
Sami Saif graduated from the National Film School of Denmark (in Danish Den Danske Filmskole) in 1997 having made the short The unidentified flying object War.
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He then started work on Danish broadcaster DR mainly in the television Children and Youth Department. In 2000, Sami Saif directed The Video Diary of Ricardo Lopez, based on the final days of Ricardo Lopez who was obsessed with Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk. Other films winning or being nominated to awards were Dogville Confessions (2003) and Tommy (2010) about singer, composer and musician Tommy Seebach.
Achievements
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Foreign Family, (award shared concurrently with Phie Ambo) 2001: Won "Joris Ivens Award" at Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival 2001: Won Roos Award at Roos, Denmark (shared with Janus Billeskov Jansen) 2002: Won "Documentary Award - Special Mention" at American Film Institute Fest, Los Angeles 2002: Won "Best Documentary" at the Robert 2002: Nominated for "Best Film" at the Bodil Foreign Dogville Confessions 2003: Won "FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention" at the Stockholm Film Festival Foreign Tommy 2011: Nominated for "Best Documentary" at the Robert.
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Born
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Nationality
Denmark
Awards
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For Family, (award shared concurrently with Phie Ambo) 2001: Won "Joris Ivens Award" at Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival 2001: Won Roos Award at Roos , Denmark (shared with Janus Billeskov Jansen) 2002: Won "Documentary Award - Special Mention" at AFI Fest, Los Angeles 2002: Won "Best Documentary" at the Robert 2002: Nominated for "Best Film" at the Bodil For Dogville Confessions 2003: Won "FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention" at the Stockholm Film Festival For Tommy 2011: Nominated for "Best Documentary" at the RobertFor Family, (award shared concurrently with Phie Ambo) 2001: Won "Joris Ivens Award" at Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival 2001: Won Roos Award at Roos , Denmark (shared with Janus Billeskov Jansen) 2002: Won "Documentary Award - Special Mention" at AFI Fest, Los Angeles 2002: Won "Best Documentary" at the Robert 2002: Nominated for "Best Film" at the Bodil For Dogville Confessions 2003: Won "FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention" at the Stockholm Film Festival For Tommy 2011: Nominated for "Best Documentary" at the Robert