Saam Farahmand

British film and music video director

Saam Farahmand

Born| 1979 (age 44-45)

Finchley, London, United Kingdom

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

## Biography[edit]

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

## Videography[edit]

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[edit]

* Anonymous Content

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g 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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b 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[edit]

* Official website
* Saam Farahmand's channel on Vimeo

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