Sepehr Samimi

Cinematographer | Director

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Sepehr [He/Him] is a cinematographer and director from Iranian descent, with a BFA in film production from Simon Fraser University. Sepehr has worked in BC’s film industry in various capacities; first as camera assistant, and later as freelance director and cinematographer working with many arts and cultural organizations in Vancouver as his clients. His short films have been to festivals such as Montreal World film festival and Cannes. His first feature doc credit as cinematographer and editor was on If [I Was] To Retain You, an experimental documentary shot in Hong Kong during the umbrella movement and funded by Canada Arts Council. In 2018 he served as digital producer of Vancouver Intl Film Festival. For the past year Sepehr has worked as assistant to prominent Canadian director Jennifer Abbott on her new climate documentary The Magnitude of All Things, co-produced with NFB and Telus. He is currently in production with AbunDance as director, a documentary about returning to land, community and food sovereignty. 

Ever since stepping into a projection room of a cinema by accident at the age of 6, Sepehr has been captivated by the power of moving images. As a cinematographer, he is endlessly fascinated by the visceral affects produced by the play of light, color and movement of the camera. He believes films can also spark personal and societal change, shift culture, and change the course of history, thus he aims for creating content with purpose. Having faced various barriers of inequality in the film industry, Sepehr is an active advocate of empowering marginalized voices and giving priority to underrepresented creatives. He currently resides on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, in the place now known as Vancouver, BC, Canada. "

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