Sanjay Sami

Sanjay Sami is an Indian camera operator and a key grip. He is from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He studied at Bombay International School, Mumbai. He graduated from the University of Mumbai. He has a degree in political science, and he also played rugby. He started his journey in the film industry from Bollywood, and later worked in Hollywood. Sami was an industrial diver and underwater welder before he started working in movies. His journey to films was an accident. He was asked to work temporarily on a set. He began his journey in the film industry in 1992. Sanjay Sami has worked with Wes Anderson Wes Anderson (Wesley Wales Anderson) is an America >> Read More... in many of his films. He has been working with Anderson since 2006 with the release of the film The Darjeeling Limited (2007). It was stated by Melena Ryzik in an article in The New York Times (2023) that Sami is the secret ingredient in Wes Anderson's work. Sami has worked with Anderson in movies like The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. Adrien Brody Adrien Brody was born in a place called Woodhaven >> Read More... complemented Sami as ‘exacting and relentless and extremely devoted’.

Some of the most complicated shots of his career are a 70-second walk-and-talk on The French Dispatch and a scene from Asteroid City. In one of his interviews, Sami said, ‘We are moving the emotion and the story, more than just moving the camera’. He doesn't say no to anything. He takes the challenge and always finds new ways to solve problems, which makes his job more interesting. He worked with a few key grips like John Flemming and Herb Ault, which inspired him a lot. He liked working with Peter Weir, Russel Boyd, Robert Yeoman, Steven Knight Steven Knight is an English screenwriter and a fil >> Read More... , Rodrigo Prieto, etc. He also worked with Christopher Nolan Christopher Nolanwears mutliple hats. He is one of >> Read More... . He has worked as a key grip in many films like Postcard from Earth (2023), Origin (2023), Brahmastra Part One: Shiva (2022), etc. Apart from handling key grip, Sami has also operated steadicam in movies like The Rat Catcher (2023), The Swan (2023), and North Star (2023). He worked in some of the very famous Bollywood movies like Ra-One (2011), Delhi Belly Click to look into! >> Read More... (2011), Phone Bhoot (2022), and Hotel Mumbai Click to look into! >> Read More... . He also works on short films, feature films, commercials, etc. He has worked in more than eighty feature films and in different continents like Asia, North America, Africa, Australia, and Europe.