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Biography
Zam is a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, Screen International “Star of Tomorrow”, Moviescope “One to Watch“, and a BIFA Springboard talent.
Zam has recently launched his company Incidental Pictures and has been developing a really exciting slate. He’s currently collaborating with several companies on a wide range of projects including SAVIOURS with Touchscreen (Armando Iannucci & Kevin Loader), an untitled feature project with Lighthouse Film & TV (Hilary Salmon), and AUTHENTICITY, a feature in development with Early Day Films (Kate Byers & Linn Waite) and Screen Scotland.
Zam has also adapted STRAY, a psychological horror novel by Vicky Allan, for Hopscotch Films and Creative Scotland, and is attached to direct the feature. He is additionally developing SKIM, another feature project with potential co‑production partners.
Zam’s previous work has earned numerous awards across shorts, commercials, and documentaries. His feature UP THERE won Best Director and Best Feature at the BAFTA Scotland Awards, as well as the Grand Prize at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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
Credits
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. |
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. 4×3′ 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. |
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| COLD LIGHT OF DAY |
Writer, Director and Producer. Short film. |
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| UP THERE | Wilder Films / Creative Scotland / BFI |
Writer and Director. Feature film. |
Documentaries
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| BLACK AND WHITE | Hopscotch Films/ BBC 2 |
30′ documentary on photojournalist, David Gillanders. |
