Sami van Ingen

Directing

Sami van Ingen

Credits
19 titles

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 2

YearTitleRole
2025 Cast of Shadows Film narrator
1986 Butter Film Himself

Crew credits 19

YearTitleJob
2025 Cast of Shadows Film Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Production Design, Sound Designer, Music
2023 Monica in the South Seas Film Director, Screenplay
2019 Pins Film Director
2018 Flame Film Director, Editor
2016 Manifest Destiny Film Director
2012 HATE Film Director
2010 Stagecoach Film Director
2008 Exactly Film Director
2007 Deep Six Film Director
2006 The Sequent of Hanna Ave. Film Director
2004 Fokus Film Director
2002 Bruce Baillie Study Reel Film Director
1996 Texas Scramble Film Director
1995 Sweep Film Director, Writer
1993 Finnmunka Film Director
1991 Summer-Winter-Summer Film Director
1991 Moving Emu Film Director
1991 Hammu Film Director
1986 Butter Film Director
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