Zam Salim
Writer / Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Zam recently set up his own company Incidental Pictures with a number of TV and film projects he is developing and co-producing.
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 writing a feature-length version of his short film DROPPING OFF MICHAEL for Sigma Films and Scottish Screen which he will direct.
He has received a number of 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 former BAFTA BREAKTHROUGH BRIT, Screen STAR OF TOMORROW and ONE TO WATCH by Moviescope magazine, and a recent BIFA SPRINGBOARD cohort.
He recently completed the NFTS Producers course and is a graduate of Glasgow University with an MA in Philosophy / Film and TV.
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. |
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 (3 Part TV series) | Lighthouse Film and TV/ Incidental Pictures / Screen Scotland | Exec Producers : Hilary Salmon / Zam Salim |
STRAY | Hopscotch Films/Screen Scotland | Feature film based on novel by Vicky Allan. |
SESSION MUSICIAN | Incidental Pictures /Screen Scotland | Feature Film. |
HAVEN | Acme Films / Channel 4 | Writer and Director. |
SKIM | Incidental Pictures | Director and Writer |
L!VE | Incidental Pictures | Writer and Director |
SAVIOURS | Incidental Pictures | Writer and Director |
NORD OST KINO | BFI/Creative Scotland/Creative England | Writer and Director. |