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| MiniBio |
Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Saman became interested in filmmaking in his early teenage years and devoted the majority of his time to learning about it ever since. He moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to study filmmaking and started his education at Santa Monica College by majoring in Film Studies. In 2010, he graduated from Columbia College Hollywood with a BFA in Cinema with an emphasis in Cinematography. He has been working as a director of photography for more than nine years and has shot numerous shorts, music videos, commercials, and a feature documentary. Saman has also written and directed several short films. His first short, “Allow the Wind,” which he shot in Iran, later won the Best Directing, Scriptwriting, and Cinematography from SMC's Student Filmmakers Association. His second short, “The Old Car,” was the closing film at Columbia College Hollywood’s Film Festival for the Entertainment Industry in 2010. He is currently working on completing the post production on his fourth narrative short, "$lowdown," about the recent recession in the United States. Saman is also a photographer and Jazz pianist.
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Primary
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Director of Photography
Specialties
HD & Film Cinematography. Experienced in shooting movies, commercials, and music videos.
Secondary
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Writer & Director
Specialties
I have experience writing and directing four independent short films. I can write and direct any genre, but drama is my strength.
Positions
Producer
Specialties
I have produced and line produced shorts, music videos, and commercials.
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| Name |
Saman Yaghmai-Aledavoud |
| Age |
27 |
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Male |
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91423 Sherman Oaks, CA |
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SMC |
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| Status |
Part-time Employed |
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Full-time |
| Website |
www.samanmedia.com |
| Education |
BFA (cum laude) in Cinema with an emphasis in Cinematography, Columbia College Hollywood, 2010 |
| Awards |
• Golden Ace Award, 2011 Las Vegas Film Festival, in recognition of superior filmmaking for "$lowdown"
• Best Director & Best Cinematographer, 2006 Santa Monica College Student Filmmaker Association Film Festival for "Allow the Wind" |
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 browse Saman Yaghmai-Aledavoud's projects...
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| $lowdown |
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25.0 minute Film |
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| Synopsis |
In the midst of a recession, a quiet homeless man has taken it upon himself to befriend a charming young bank teller and, through an unexpected series of events, ultimately reveals the deeper connec.. |
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| Favorite Movies |
In alphabetic order: About Schmidt, Abril Despedaado (Behind the Sun), Adam Barfi (Snowman), Ajans e Shisheh e (The Glass Agency) Aladdin, Allow the Wind (Directed by Me), Almost Famous, Amelie, American Beauty, American History X, Annie Hall, Anything Else, The Apartment, Apur Sansar (World of Apu), Austin Powers(es), Bachehaye Aseman (Children of Heaven), Baran, The Beach, Beauty and the Beast, Being John Malkovich, Being There, Besieged, The Big Sleep, Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Born on the Fourth of July, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Casablanca, Casino, Catch Me If You Can, Cet obscur objet du dsir (That Obscure Object of Desire), Charade, Chicago, Citizen Kane, City Lights, Collateral, Color Purple, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The Conversation, Crash, De Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh), Devil's Advocate, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Ed Wood, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Exorcist, Eyes Wide Shut, The Departed, Duck Soup, Farenhite 09/11, Fight Club, Forest Gump, Full Metal Jacket, Gaav (The Cow), Gandhi, Gladiator, The Godfather (Part I), Goodfellas, The Graduate, The Green Mile, Hable con ella (Talk To Her), Hasan Kachal (Bald Hasan), Haute tension (High Tension), Heaven &; Earth, I Am Sam, In the Heat of the Night, In America, Indiana Jones (I, II, and III), The Interpreter, Jaws, Ju Dou, Jurassic Park, "Jazz", Kamalolmolk, Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief), The Last Temptatipn of the Christ, Leon (The Professional), El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth), Lawrence of Arabia, Litle Miss Sunshine, The Matrix, Memento, The Message, Modern Times, Munich, Night of the Hunter, North by Northwest, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Osama, Papillon, The Passion of the Christ, Pianist, The Pledge, Pulp Fiction, Rain Man, Rashmon, Ray, Rosemary's Baby, Scarface, Schindler's List, The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, Sideways, The Silence of the Lambs, Sixth Sense, The Sleeping Beauty, Sleeper, $lowdown, Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries), Star Wars (specially episode III), Stand By Me, The Straight Story, Sunset Blvd., Traffic, Three Color Trilogy (Blue, White, and Red), The Truman Show, Ultimo tango a Parigi (Last Tango In Paris), The Usual Suspects, U Turn, Walk the Line, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Young Frankenstein, and many more!
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| Favorite TV Shows |
In alphabetic order: Band of Brothers, Dexter, John Adams, Monk, Roots
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| Favorite Directors |
In alphabetic order: Woody Allen, Tim Burton, Charles Chaplin, Francis Ford Coppola, Ali Hatami, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, David Lean, Majid Majidi, Roman Polanski, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Orson Welles, & Zhang Yimou
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| Favorite Actors |
In alphabetic order: Woody Allen, Charles Chaplin, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Robert DeNiro, Audrey Hepburn, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Duval, Mel Gibson, Cary Grant, Tom Hanks, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, John Malkovich, Jack Nicholson, Edward Norton, Gary Oldman, Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Natalie Portman, Kevin Spacey, & Charlize Theron
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| Favorite Composers |
In alphabetic order: Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Charles Chaplin, Danny Elfman, James Horner, Maurice Jarre, Wojciech Kilar, Henry Mancini, & Nino Rota
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| Favorite Cinematographers |
Rodrigo Prieto, Darius Khondji, Seamus McGarvey, Amir Mokri, Gordon Willis, and Freddie Young
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