Director

Sami van Ingen

Directing

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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 1762178

Known for: Directing

Gender: Male

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Career span: 1995 - 2025

Years active: 31

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Biography

Sami van Ingen is one of the pioneers of experimental filmmaking in Finland. He has made over 30 short films, mostly dealing subtly with the act of seeing and using various strategies to manipulate found or forgotten footage. His films have been screened at festivals like Edinburgh Film Festival, Image Forum Tokyo, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento in Buenos Aires and in institutions like National Gallery of Art in Washington, Centre Pompidou in Paris and Anthology Film Archives in New York.

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