Saam Farahmand

Saam Farahmand
Born	1979 (age 45–46) Finchley, London, United Kingdom

Saam Farahmand (born 1979) is a British film and music video director. A Fine Arts graduate of Goldsmiths, he is considered, "one of the most talented music video directors of his generation" according to the Guardian . ^[1]

Biography

Farahmand was born in 1979 to Iranian parents in Finchley, London, United Kingdom. ^{[1] [2]}

Videography

Music videos

• Electric Six – "Gay Bar" (2003) ^[1]
• Klaxons – "Gravity's Rainbow", "Magick", & "Golden Skans" (2006) ^[3]
• Klaxons – "Gravity's Rainbow" (new version) & "It's Not Over Yet" (2007) ^[3]
• Hercules and Love Affair – "Blind" (2008) ^[4]
• Janet Jackson – "Feedback" ^{[1] [5]} & "Rock with U" ^[6] (2008)
• Late of the Pier – "The Bears Are Coming" (2008)
• These New Puritans – "Elvis" (2008) ^[6]
• Cheryl Cole ft. will.i.am – "3 Words" version 2 (2009) ^[6]
• Simian Mobile Disco – "Cruel Intentions" (2009) ^{[7] [8]}
• The xx – "Islands" (2009) ^{[6] [9] [10]}
• Klaxons – "Twin Flames" ^{[1] [8] [11]} & "Echoes" ^[3] (2010)
• Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. – "Somebody to Love Me" (2010) ^{[1] [12]}
• Soulwax – "Machine" The film was previsualised, edited and post produced by Andrew Daffy's The House of Curves in London.(2012) ^[13]
• Tom Vek – "Aroused" (2011) ^{[1] [14]}
• Viktoria Modesta – "Prototype" (2014) ^[15]
• The Last Shadow Puppets – "Everything You've Come to Expect" (2016) ^[16]
• The Last Shadow Puppets – "Aviation" (2016) ^[17]
• The Last Shadow Puppets – "Miracle Aligner" (2016) ^[18]
• Mick Jagger - "Gotta Get A Grip" (2017) ^[19]
• Ellie Goulding & Juice Wrld - Hate Me (2019)
• Ashnikko - You Make Me Sick (2023)

Rockumentaries

• Part of the Weekend Never Dies (2008)

See also

• Anonymous Content

References

1. Iqbal, Nosheen (2011). "Saam Farahmand: the light fantastic", TheGuardian.com.
2. "Knowing me, knowing you: Saam Farahmand and Pegah Farahmand". The Independent . 13 December 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
3. "Music Videos – Saam Farahmand". Partizan. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
4. Knight, David (2008). "Hercules and Love Affair's Blind by Saam", PromoNews.TV.
5. "Part 4: Making of "Feedback" Video". YouTube. 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
6. Cochrane, Lauren (25 September 2010). "Meet the new wave of directors freeing music videos from the shackles of the MTV playlist". The Guardian . Guardian News and Media . Retrieved 31 August 2013.
7. "Simian Mobile Disco 'faced opposition' for 'Cruel Intentions' video", NME.com.
8. Wilson, David (2010). "The Klaxons: Twin Flames and the rise of the NSFW video", Motiongrapher.com.
9. "The xx – Islands". XL Recordings. 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2014..
10. Hasty, Katie (2010). "Watch: The xx mesmerize with repetitious 'Islands' music video", HitFix.com.
11. "Twin Flames" at IMDb .
12. Saam Farahmand at IMDb.
13. "Machine" on Vimeo.
14. "Aroused" at IMDb .
15. "Viktoria Modesta: the world's first amputee pop star". Euronews . 14 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
16. Exclaim!: The Last Shadow Puppets - "Everything You've Come to Expect" (video)
17. Pitchfork: The Last Shadow Puppets Dig Their Graves in "Aviation" Video
18. The Last Shadow Puppets - Miracle Aligner (Official Video)
19. Eckardt, Stephanie. "Jemima Kirke Stars in Mick Jagger's Very, Very Sweaty New Music Video". W Magazine. Retrieved 8 August 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Saam Farahmand's channel on Vimeo