Sam Chegini

Sam Chegini (Persian: سام چگینی‎) is an award winning Iranian filmmaker, animator, graphic designer and puppeteer born in Tehran in 1992 in an artistic family. He is known for his animated music videos and has enjoyed a career working with international artists like King Crimson's frontman, Jakko M Jakszyk, Linde Nijland, Sir Lenny Henry, etc.[1]


Sam Chegini
Sam Chegini (2019)
Born
Sam Chegini

(1992-01-27) 27 January 1992
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
Known forIllustration, Music video, Video art, Graphic design, Puppetry
Notable work
The Cops Don't Know (2015)
 Traveller (2012)
AwardsRoyal Reel Award for Traveller (2013), 2nd place Boomtown Film & Music Festival for Traveller (2013), Persbook Art Award for the Lyre of Mesopotamia
Websitewww.samchegini.com

Career

Chegini started at the local TV as a puppeteer at the age of 14. He then followed his passion for film and animation at the age of 16.[2] In 2009 Chegini joined VOP (Voice of Peace), a group that worked on reconstructing ancient Persian musical instruments, sponsored by United Nations Human Settlements Programme and IAARA. He made the artistic film The Lyre of Mesopotamia, which received an award for best video art in the 1st Persbookart Contest on Facebook in 2010.

In 2011 Dutch singer/songwriter Linde Nijland asked him to make a music video for her song "Traveller",[3] after having seen a video he made for the song A Spaceman Came Travelling by Chris de Burgh. Traveller has been the official selection of many prestigious music video and film festivals around the globe and has been screened in different countries so far.[4] In 2013, Chegini won the Royal Reel Award from Canada International Film Festival for this music video and it was also voted no. 1 in the Frisian charts in the Klipkar+TV program.[5]

in 2016 Chegini made an animated music video for British comedian Sir Lenny Henry, titled "The Cops Dont Know" produced by British record producer, Chris Porter, which was premiered on Classic Rock Magazine on April 20, 2016. Henry praised the video in his interview with Classic Rock Magazine saying the video has a "labour of love" style and "Sam is clearly gifted."[6]

in 2017 Chegini joined Verbatim Theater Group for the play MANUS, directed by Nazanin Sahamizadeh. As Video Artist, Video Mapper and International affairs, Chegini worked with the team in 3 International festivals including the 36th Fajr International Theater Festival (Tehran, Iran), 2 performances in Bangladesh, (Chittagong and Dhaka) and 10th International Theatre Festival of Kerala (Thrissur, Kerala, India).

As Artistic Director, Chegini organized the 9th Wordless International Short Film Festival in the city of Qazvin, Iran, same time screening with Sydney, Australia in November 2017.

in 2018 Chegini was invited to the Talent Campus of the 36th International Fajr Film Festival, Darolfonoon and has had masterclasses with likes of Oliver Stone, Jörn Donner, Thomas Mauch, Roberto Perpignani, Karen Shakhnazarov, Reza Kianian, Mehran Kashani, Ebrahim Hatamikia, Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Naghmeh Samini, Mehrdad Oskouei, etc.

In August 2018, Chegini created and hosted an online series of interviews titled "SamChats" on YouTube, interviewing the most successful international artists worldwide, designated for the Persian speaking audience for the first time. In the first 2 episodes, Neil Taylor, Lena Katina and Alex Jolig have appeared on the show.

In 2019, during the pandemic of COVID-19, Chegini directed a music video for King Crimsons frontman, Jakko M Jakszyk, titled "The Trouble with Angels". Jakszyk praised Cheginis work in a comment saying: "The first single, ‘The Trouble With Angels, makes its debut on the 14th August, 2020. Complete with an extraordinary animated video by Iranian filmmaker Sam Chegini. And getting that made amidst the pandemic is a whole other story!!" In an exclusive interview with Prog magazine, Jakko opens the story, explaining the unusual production process of the video because of the pandemic of COVID-19 along with a very bad political climate in Iran, to which Prog Magazine headline reads: "Worldwide political upheaval almost derails the shoot for King Crimson singer Jakko Jakszyks recent promo video". [7]

"The video looks amazing, but what’s most amazing is that we managed to make it at all" said Jakko Jakszyk, explaining the difficult online production of the animated video. [8] In another interview with Prog, the British journalist/TV presenter Matthew Wright describes the video saying: "I havent seen anything quite like it! Its not just visually stunning, the story behind the video is worth telling." In the same interview, Jakszyk explains about their first collaboration in the making of the video for Sir Lenny Henrys "The Cops Dont Know" which led to their second and third collaborations, "The Trouble with Angels" and "Uncertain Times".

The Trouble with Angels, has been broadcast on MTV, it has won the Stockholm International Monthly Film Festivals best music video award, has been an official selection in a number of international film festivals and has received a nomination for Best Animation at the Los Angeles Music Video Festival.

Later in 2020, Chegini directed "Uncertain Times", a new animated music video for Jakko Jakszyk starring the renowned British Actor, Comedian, Al Murray which will be released on October 9, 2020 from InsideOut Music.

Chegini is also a member of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Intercultural Leaders.

Filmography
YearEnglish titlePersian titleTransliteration
2006-2007Words Like A Dreamکلماتی همچو رویاKalamati hamcho Roya
2009The Lyre of Mesopotamiaبربط بین النهرینBarbat-e-Beynolnahreyn
2011A Spaceman Came Travellingمرد بیگانه سفر می کندMarde Biganeh Safar Mikonad
2012TravellerمسافرMosafer
2016 The Cops Don't Know پلیس ها نمی دانند Police ha Nemeedaanand
2018 SamChats Series مجموعه گپی با سام SamChats
2020 The Trouble with Angels عذاب فرشتگان Azab-e-Fereshtegaan
2020 Uncertain Times روزگار بی‌ثبات Roozgar-e-beesobaat

Puppetry
YearEnglish titleOriginal titleTransliteration
2014The City of Mice 2شهر موش ها 2Shahr-e-Moosh ha 2
2012Iran Student Puppetry Festivalجشنواره دانشجویی تئاتر عروسکیJashnvare Theatr-e-Arousaki
2011Moon Kids theatreنمایش بچه های ماهBachehay-e-Maah
2011Sunflower TV series (8th Series)مجموعه تلویزیونی آفتابگردان 8Aaftaabgardan
2009Sunflower TV series (5th Series)مجموعه تلویزیونی آفتابگردان 5Aaftaabgardan
2009Goldooneha TV Series (2nd Series)مجموعه تلویزیونی گلدونه ها 2Goldooneha
2008Sunflower TV Series (4th Series)مجموعه تلویزیونی آفتابگردان 4Aftabgardan
2008Goldooneha TV Series (1st Series)مجموعه تلویزیونی گلدونه ها 1Goldooneha
2007Sunflower TV Series(2nd Series)مجموعه تلویزیونی آفتابگردان 2Aftabgardan
2007Sunflower TV Series(2nd Series)مجموعه تلویزیونی آفتابگردان 2Aftabgardan

Awards

Notes
  1. http://archive.voicesofyouth.org/en/posts/plural-awards-2016-the-cops-don-t-know
  2. http://www.samchegini.com/#about
  3. Folkforum report of Noordfolk festival
  4. Traveller (2012 music video)
  5. Klipkar+ March 16, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV0NPCxruyg
  6. "Lenny Henry launches The Cops Dont Know video". Classic Rock. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  9. "shortpole". shortpole. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  10. "The Monthly Film Festival".
  11. "Award". International Motion Picture Festival. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  12. http://www.thirteen.org/reel13/shorts/traveller/
  13. "2013 CIFF Award Winners and Official Selections". www.canadafilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
  14. "MY HERO website". myhero.com. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  15. "BN DeStem". www.bndestem.nl. Retrieved 2013-02-28.

References
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