Saman Kerhavarz investigates the benefits (and life-threatening dangers) of killing calories in this wonderful oddity for Vitalic. Not for the faint-hearted in the slightest, Saman (and co-writer Nate Eggert) explore a bizarre world of weight loss, where your favourite food can not only kill you, but smack you around a bit beforehand. Can you fight [...]
Shot in the Malibu hills, Calvin Harris and Example team up for a heist in Saman Keshavarz’ well-shot crime caper for Harris’ new single We’ll Be Coming Back – from his third album due in October. “Calvin and Example really wanted to drive in this one” explains Saman. “As for me I really felt a [...]
Jesus Christ comes back, on his crucifix skateboard, and hangs out with the dudes in Saman Keshavarz’s extraordinary and rather controversial video for dEUS’s Ghost. Because this Jesus is not only a skateboarder, he’s a decidedly unsaintly badass mother, who takes a decidedly Old Testament view when rubbed up the wrong way… dEUS Ghost (PIAS) [...]
Ed Sheeran goes on the razz with his cat at home and then down the club in this cute promo from Saman Keshavarz for next single Drunk. Fending off paparazzi and acting as a lady magnet, the cat is clearly Ed’s hero… Ed Sheeran Drunk (Warner Music) Directed by: Saman Keshavarz Written by: Saman Keshavarz [...]
Actually from a few months back, here’s Saman Keshavarz’s brilliantly executed live action paintball video game, for Porter Robinson’s Spitfire. It’s done in one take with the Phantom Flex at 1,000 fps (the camera only shoots for eight ‘real’ seconds). The behind the scenes video is here. And don’t forget to check out the chat [...]
Saman Keshavarz’s talent for weaving complex and gripping storylines is demonstrated once again in his video for Apparat’s Song Of Los – the story of a girl robot’s lifecycle, told via her memory circuits. The humans don’t come out of this well… Apparat Song Of Los (Mute Records) Director: Saman Keshavarz Writers: Saman Keshavarz & [...]
Saman Keshavarz’s enigmatic viral ad for Coca-Cola’s Burn energy drink exploits his (and his co-writer Nate Eggert’s) considerable storytelling skills. It was set-up through The IdeaLists. Burn Energy drink ‘subject.0017′ Director: Saman Keshavarz Written by: Saman Keshavarz, Nate Eggert Producer: Ross Levine Co-Producers: Tom Lee, Francis Pollara Cinematographer: Justin Gurnari Editor: Nate Tam VFX Supervisor: [...]
Saman Keshavarz’s new short film slash video for Austrian artist B. Fleischmann’s track Playtime, continues the irreverent theme and dead-simple yet effective transitions of his vid for !!!’s Jamie My Intentions Are Bass. And Saman has pinpointed the dilemma that has intrigued philosophers for centuries – or would have if they’d had video games. Thing [...]
Like a hot dream, or a very hip Benny Hill sketch, or a porn film set crossed with a gardening TV show…. Whatever. Here’s some serious sexual suggestiveness – including phallic flowers – in an innuendo-strewn riot of a video for exclamation mark (x3) by Saman Keshavarz. Saman’s left the crime yarns of Cinnamon Chasers [...]
Saman Keshavarz’s epic crime story – told over three individual videos for tracks from dance producer extraordinaire Russ Chimes’s debut EP – reaches its climax, with the hero on the trail of the gang who kidnapped his girlfriend. Saman’s ambitious noir tale – spanning fifteen minutes over the whole trilogy – was shot almost entirely [...]
