Istanbul based · Worldwide
Music films.
Visual worlds.
Award-winning direction, animation and visual campaigns for artists who want to be remembered.
Jethro Tull · Chris de Burgh · Gentle Giant · Jakko Jakszyk · Sir Lenny Henry · Linde Nijland · Marsha Swanson
01 / Selected work
Stories people
don’t scroll past.
Music films built through live action, animation, stop motion and mixed-media storytelling.
Featured by
ROLLING STONE
BBC
MTV
PBS
CLASSIC ROCK
02 / Sam Pictures
One visual world.
Every screen.
Sam leads the idea and direction. Sam Pictures builds the production team around the campaign—from first treatment to final delivery.
01
Music films
Concept-led live action, animation and hybrid productions designed around the identity of the artist.
02
Visual campaigns
A complete release system: hero film, teasers, vertical edits, artwork and motion assets that feel unmistakably connected.
03
Animation & VFX
2D, stop motion, compositing and experimental image-making for ambitious ideas that cannot be shot conventionally.
04
Tour visuals
Stage content and large-format moving images that extend an artist’s world into the live experience.
“The scale of his imagination is seemingly limitless and his technique so brilliant, that he is capable of achieving almost anything he wishes to conjure up.”
Michael Attenborough CBE
Theatre director
03 / About
Sam Chegini
A music film director and creative director turning sound into distinctive visual worlds.
Tehran-born and based in Istanbul, Sam works internationally through Sam Pictures Productions. His films combine live action, animation, visual effects and fine-art influences, with collaborations spanning Jethro Tull, Chris de Burgh, Gentle Giant, Jakko Jakszyk of King Crimson, Sir Lenny Henry, Linde Nijland and Marsha Swanson.
His work has premiered through Rolling Stone, appeared on BBC, MTV and PBS, and received recognition from film and animation festivals internationally.
2026
Best Experimental Animation
New York Film Screening Festival
2025
Abbas Kiarostami Diploma
Tassvir Film Festival
2013
Royal Reel Award
Canada International Film Festival
04 / New projects
Have a track.
Need a world?
For music films, release campaigns, animation and international production.
Taking selected commissions