Sami Kali

Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Actor

Born in 1986 in Lausanne (Switzerland). Of Swiss and Tunisian nationality, he directs plays, short films and a humorous web series.
His work is strongly influenced by his experience as an actor (trained at the Giles Foreman Centre for Acting in London) and by his photography studies at the CEPV in Vevey. He is currently developing his first feature film with the support of Story Lab Migros and the Office Fédéral de la Culture.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2025
Mon nom est Warda by Sami Kali
2025
Distance by Sami Kali
2024
Dream Burger by Sami Kali
2021
Fire by Sami Kali
2016
Enora by Sami Kali, Benoît Monney
2014
Seuls by Sami Kali
2012
Melvin by Benoît Monney, Sami Kali

Screenwriter

2025
Mon nom est Warda by Sami Kali
2025
Distance by Sami Kali
2024
Dream Burger by Sami Kali
2021
Fire by Sami Kali
2017
Mamie by Benoît Monney
2016
Enora by Sami Kali, Benoît Monney
2014
Seuls by Sami Kali
2012
Melvin by Benoît Monney, Sami Kali

Actor

2021
Fire by Sami Kali
2017
Martien by Maxime Pillonel
2017
Mamie by Benoît Monney
2017
Checklist by José-M Moreno
2014
Seuls by Sami Kali
2013
Eldorado by Wendy Pillonel
2013
Célestine by Annie Gisler

Producer

2021
Fire by Sami Kali
2018
#Seniors by Thomas Szczepanski
2017
Mamie by Benoît Monney
2016
Enora by Sami Kali, Benoît Monney
2014
Seuls by Sami Kali
2012
Melvin by Benoît Monney, Sami Kali
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