About

Amirhossein Samimi

Cinematographer and Photographer

This is me, behind the camera, having walked a long path to reach this complex, alluring, enjoyable, and worrisome moment. With all my love for storytelling, I ended up becoming an engineer by necessity, then realized that directors are engineers who just know a bit about magic. That’s when I realized I too wanted to make films and cast spells.

In the early days behind the camera, I felt like peering through the viewfinder altered the reality of everyday life in a strangely beautiful way. As my technical skills improved, I realized I could shape this reality using lenses, depth of field, aperture, and more, to portray it in the way I desired.

While I can’t claim to have lost my love for directing, I discovered that immersing myself in new mental landscapes and attempting to visually translate ideas brings me closer to each director’s unique world. Now, behind the camera, I feel a greater sense of freedom, as I believe it’s my turn to perform magic.

Work History

Cinematographer/ for the following projects/ 2019 – 2023

The Quarantine Redemption / Short film/ 13 min / 2023

Official selection at 33th Cinequest film festival (Academy Award Qualifying) ,42th Breckenridge Film Festival, 32th Woods Hole Film Festival (With an emphasis on cinematography in the film selection process)

Somewhere without Sadness / Short film / 17 min/ 2023

Remy awards winner at the 57th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

Nominate for the Best Film at the 13th Iranian Short Film Association Awards

Headeaters/ Short film / 15 min/ 2023

Remy awards winner at the 57th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

Nominate for the Best Film at the 13th Iranian Short Film Association Awards

Autotomy/ Short film / 9 min/ 2023

Distopia/ Short film / 5min / 2023

Official selection at the 22th Ischia Film Festival

Happier than ever/ Short film / 12min / 2023

Gunshot/ Short film / 12 min / 2023

Pass/ Short film / 15 min / 2023

Harsh/ Short film / 13 min/Jul 2023

Go back or Return/ Feature film/ 120 min/2022

Telephone/ Short film / 8min / 2022

Daltons/ Short film / 13 min/ 2022

Candidate of best Cinematography in 66th Bushehr Short Film Festival

Sticky dead / Short film / 12 min/ 2022

Pause / Short film /15 min / 2022

Soalbard / Short film / 3min/ 2022

Zhabiz / Short film / 7min / 2022

Atem/ Short film / 8 min/ 2021

Official Selection at 19th Image of the Year Festival and screened at the Iranian Artist House, 18th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival, and 13th Saye Student Film Festival

Leila’s Altamira/ Short film / 16 min/ 2021

Sacrifice / Short film / 14min / 2021

Extreme Long / Short film / 12 min / 2020

Jeep / Short film / 5min / 2020

No.37 / Short film / 9 min / 2019

Kelkin / Short documentary / 12 min / 2019

You are not here/ Short film / 9 min / 2019

Videographer / for the following Companies/ 2020 – 2024

Hayatgroup 2021-2024

Creating around 400 short advertising videos for social media

Donoghte Studio 2021-2022

Havali magazine 2020-2021

Photographer and videographer

Still Photography

Helpelah Short film Directed by Hadi manavipour

Donabsh Short film Directed by Navid Nosrati

Editing

Editor of the music video “Chapera “

Winner of best music video at international happiness film festival India

Official selected at 26th Canbero Short film festival Australia, 9th Parma music film festival Italy

Directing

Sardar/Documentary/12 min/2020

No stopping/Short film/ 8 min/2020

Candy/Experimental/ 8 min / 2020

Aquarium/ Short film/ 7 min/2019

Other

Teach Filmmaking Mofid schools ( 2017-2021)