Aidan Zamiri
Aidan Zamiri is a Scottish photographer and filmmaker.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Zamiri grew up in a suburb of Glasgow. His mother is Iranian and his father is Scottish-Irish.[1][4] He attended Central Saint Martins.[5][6]
He is known for directing numerous music videos including the videos for the songs "360"[7] and "Guess"[8] by Charli XCX, "Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish[9] and "Sum Bout U" by 645AR featuring FKA Twigs.[10]
Zamiri has directed and photographed ad campaigns for Nike, Google and Converse, and magazine spreads featuring Timothee Chalamet and Linda Evangelista, among others.
He also shot the album covers for Sega Bodega's Romeo and Dennis albums, PinkPantheress' Heaven knows, and Caroline Polachek's Desire, I Want to Turn Into You.
Zamiri is the director of the upcoming mockumentary film documenting Charli XCX's BRAT arena tour, The Moment.[11]
Awards and honors
[edit]In 2024, Zamiri won Video of the Year and Best Pop Video for 360 at the UK Music Video Awards.[12]
Filmography
[edit]Feature films
[edit]- The Moment (2026) – as director and co-screenwriter, with Bertie Brandes
Music videos
[edit]- "Party" by Planet 1999 (2020) – co-directed with Eamonn Freel
- "All of My Love" by RAYE & Young Adz (2020)
- "So When You Gonna..." by Dream Wife (2020)
- "Sum Bout U" by 645AR featuring FKA Twigs (2020)
- "Slime" by Shygirl (2020) – co-directed with Shygirl
- "Moonrise" by Ultra Caro (2021) – also editor
- "Over U" by Ultra Caro (2021) – also editor
- "Ride the Dragon" by FKA Twigs (2022)
- "Meta Angel" by FKA Twigs (2022) – also editor
- "Jealousy" by FKA Twigs featuring Rema (2022)
- "Darjeeling" by FKA Twigs featuring Jorja Smith & Unknown T (2022) – also editor
- "Bliss" by Yung Lean featuring FKA Twigs (2022) – also co-editor, with Jack Foster
- "Papi Bones" by FKA Twigs featuring Shygirl (2022) – also co-editor ,with Jack Foster
- "Oh My Love" by FKA Twigs (2022) – also co-editor, with Jack Foster
- "Honda" by FKA Twigs featuring Pa Salieu (2022) – also co-editor, with Jack Foster
- "Which Way" by FKA Twigs featuring Dystopia (2022) – also editor
- "Thank You Song" by FKA Twigs (2022) – also editor
- "Picture in My Mind" by PinkPantheress featuring Sam Gellaitry (2022)
- "Sugar" by Obongjayar (2022)
- "Pamplemousse" by FKA Twigs (2022) – co-directed with Yuma Burgess
- "Greatest Hits" by Jockstrap (2022)
- "Jetski" by Tiberius B (2023)
- "HHB" by Tiberius B (2023)
- "Victorious" by Yung Lean & Bladee (2023)
- "Capable of Love" by PinkPantheress (2023)
- "360" by Charli XCX (2024) – also writer
- "Guess" by Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish (2024)
- "Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish (2024)
- "Forever Yung" by Yung Lean (2025)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Young, Cool and Directing a New Generation of Stars". 2025-11-10. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ^ Rayner, Alex (September 20, 2025). "Meet the new generation of music video directors breaking the internet". www.thetimes.com.
- ^ Turley, Richard (2024-12-30). "How Aidan Zamiri Made the Music Video Essential Again". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ^ "Aidan Zamiri Dazed 100 | Dazed". www.dazeddigital.com.
- ^ "Aidan Zamiri, Charli XCX's et Caroline Polachek's photographer?". October 13, 2025.
- ^ https://www.creativereview.co.uk/aidan-zamiri-photographer-director/
- ^ "A Guide To All The 'It' Girls in Charli XCX's '360' Video". W Magazine. May 10, 2024.
- ^ "Charli xcx and Billie Eilish share Aidan Zamiri-directed new 'Guess' video". Dazed. August 2, 2024.
- ^ Monroe, Jazz (September 27, 2024). "Billie Eilish Shares New "Birds of a Feather" Video". Pitchfork.
- ^ Yoo, Noah (August 4, 2020). "FKA twigs Joins 645AR for New Song "Sum Bout U"". Pitchfork.
- ^ Millman, Ethan (October 9, 2025). "Charli XCX Film 'The Moment' to Feature Kylie Jenner, Rachel Sennott, Alexander Skarsgård".
- ^ "Charli XCX, AntsLive, RM, The Chemical Brothers & Fontaines D.C. triumph at UK Music Video Awards". Music-News.com.
External links
[edit]Aidan Zamiri at IMDb