Zam Salim
Writer / Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Zam recently set up his own company Incidental Pictures and has numerous TV and film projects he is developing, co-producing with companies such as Touchscreen (Armando Iannucci and Kevin Loader) Lighthouse Film and TV (Hilary Salmon) and Early Day Films (Kate Byers and Linn Waite).
He has adapted the novel, STRAY, a psychological horror film by Vicky Allan, for Hopscotch Films and Creative Scotland, which he will direct as a feature. He is also co-writing a feature-length version of his short film DROPPING OFF MICHAEL for Sigma Films and Screen Scotland which he will direct.
He has received numerous awards for his shorts, commercials, documentaries. His feature UP THERE won Best Director and Best Feature at the British Academy Awards Scotland, and also won top prize at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
He's a BAFTA BREAKTHROUGH BRIT, Screen STAR OF TOMORROW and ONE TO WATCH by Moviescope magazine, and a recent BIFA SPRINGBOARD cohort.
UP THERE
"It takes rare talent to take the mundane and make it both spellbinding and profound. Salim has accomplished this" Eye for an Eye
“Writer-director Zam Salim brilliantly expands his YouTube hit Laid Off into a feature that's quietly serious and laugh-out-loud funny.” Sunday Herald
“A drily witty dark comedy that marks a promising feature debut” Screen International
“Expect to see Salim's name above a gigantic Hollywood production in the very near future, as UP THERE is one hell of a calling card.” Little White Lies
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
UP THERE | Wilder Films / Creative Scotland / BFI | Writer and Director. Feature film. |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
ENDEAVOUR | ITV/Mammoth Screen | Director. |
RIVER CITY | BBC | Producer: Steven McComiskie |
THE BREAK | BBC Writersroom/BBC Drama/BBC 3 | 5 x short films. Online drama, contemporary monologues. |
MI:HIGH 2 | Kudos Productions/ BBC 1 | Director. 3 episodes. |
IS IT JUST ME.... | Hopscotch Films/ C4 | Writer, Director, and Producer. 4x3' films for “Three Minute Wonder ” series. |
MASHED | Teebster Productions/ NSPCC/ C4 | Writer and Director. “Three Minute Wonder” series. |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
ONE SHOT | Incidental Pictures | Writer, Director and Producer. |
DROPPING OFF MICHAEL | Sigma Films/ C4 | Producers: Paddy Higson, Catrionna MacInnes. |
LAID OFF | Writer, Director, and Producer. Short film. | |
COLD LIGHT OF DAY | Writer, Director and Producer. Short film. |
Documentaries
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
BLACK AND WHITE | Hopscotch Films/ BBC 2 | 30′ documentary on photojournalist, David Gillanders. |
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
AUTHENTICITY | Early Day Films/ Incidental Pictures/ Screen Scotland | Feature Film. |
UNTITLED | Lighthouse Film and TV/ Incidental Pictures / Screen Scotland | 3 x Part TV Series |
SAVIOURS | Touchscreen / Incidental Pictures / Screen Scotland | 6 x TV series |
STRAY | Hopscotch Films/Screen Scotland | Feature film based on novel by Vicky Allan. |
SESSION MUSICIAN | Incidental Pictures /Screen Scotland | Feature Film. |
L!VE | Incidental Pictures | Writer and Director |
DROPPING OFF MICHAEL | Sigma Films / Screen Scotland | Feature film based on short |
SKIM | Incidental Pictures | Director and Writer |
NORD OST KINO | BFI/Creative Scotland/Creative England | Writer and Director. |