AMIR CHAMDIN is a Stockholm native award-winning filmmaker, who’s renowned for his work across feature film, TV-series, music videos, documentaries and commercials. In 2020 Amir created his second crime-thriller series ”Partisan”, starring Fares Fares, Johan Rehborg, Sofia Karemyr, and Anna Björk. It premiered on NENT Group’s streaming service Viaplay and delivered the best opening for an original series. Swedens biggest newspaper Aftonbladet gave the show five out of five stars, and the show won the top award Best Series at the Canneseries festival and is Variety’s pick for the best International TV-series in 2020.
Amir first made a name as a musician where he created the visual world for a band which gave him the stepping-stone to becoming a full-time director. With numerous music videos under his belt, Amir received MTV’s coveted Best Music Video Award for The Cardigans ”You’re The Storm”. Loudwire named Ghost and the “Year Zero” music video directed by Amir, the Best Metal Video of the year, while Revolver named it seventh on their list of the year’s best in all genres. He’s also the household director of The Hellacopters with over 10 videos leading to the anticipated documentary ”I’m In The Band” which premiered on SVT in 2021.
He has a strong passion for music and visuals which H&M picked up on and they approached Amir with the mission of creating a new direction for the company’s moving content which led Amir to direct a massive international campaign with over 100 commercials filmed all over the world. Amir’s commercials have earned him several international awards working with clients like L’Oreal, Adidas, Ikea, and Mango among others.
Amir made his cinematic debut with his black and white feature ”God Willing”, starring Nina Persson from the Cardigans and Amir himself. Amir’s second feature ”Cornelies” went straight to No. 1 at the Swedish and Norwegian box office, and now recently on the Netflix most viewed Swedish film list. He also created his first TV-drama ”Hassel” in 2017, which is a realistic and hard-boiled police thriller series. The episodic crime-drama has reached No. 1 as the most-watched new series in Sweden and Finland.
Amir is known for creating a natural and relaxed environment in front of the camera, always eliciting the best performance from actors, models, and artists. Now he has several writing projects in motion and he’s always looking for new and exciting challenges.
