Samir

I grew up in Hell's Kitchen, NYC with a single Mom and little sister, Marisa. As soon as I was old enough, I began working with Rise & Shine Productions a youth media arts program my mother started in my living room. Working on the award winning youth produced public access TV show "The Real Deal" I developed my love for making movies. I followed my path as an artist to Bard College. After graduation I planned to move to LA and pursue my career in the industry, until my mother was given six months to live: pancriatic cancer. I stayed home and tried to fill in for her at work while she recovered. After three years of battling cancer the doctor declared her a miracle and I moved to LA where I have spent the last four plus years working in the film industry first as a PA then as a non-union AD. All the while writing screen plays. I can't tell you how helpful working on an industry film set and seeing what it takes to go from the page to the screen helps to inform your writing process. I am currently working to raise the funds to shoot my first feature: Eavesdropping. A personal story about a mother and son. My other screenplays are Daydreamers, about four misfit 13 year olds' over active imaginations, First Try, a romantic sports comedy, Iron Tiger Kung Fu (versus the Ulster County Militia), martial arts versus machine guns, and The Desert, a Lynchian/Lovecraftian horror.