Amir Juan Chamdin, born 4 June 1974, is a Swedish director and musician, renowned for his work across music videos, feature films and TV series.
It was 2004 when Chamdin received MTV's coveted Best Music Video Award for The Cardigans’ “You're The Storm.” 2004 was also the year when Infinite Mass dropped their 4th studio album 1991 gaining the title; most played band/artist on Swedish radio in 2004 ahead of Outcast and Scissor Sisters.
It was also now that Amir & Dregen from Backyard Babies formed Snowracer, a progressive electronic band together with Martin ”Nåid” Landquist and Brady Blade.
In 2006, Chamdin won a Silver Egg for his black & white short film Banana Party, shot by Hoyte van Hoytema and premiered on MTV.
In 2010, Chamdin's second feature Cornelis premiered and starred Hank von Hell, the famous lead singer from the death-punk band Turbonegro.
2013 was also the year when Chamdin directed Gisele Bündchen in a music video, covering The Kinks "All Day and All of the Night", filmed on the streets of London.
In 2014, Chamdin made a short film with Gösta Ekman in a campaign for Höj Rösten (Raise The Voice) calling out for people to vote.
Harper's Bazaar wrote "Four of the world's top models have been given the James Bond treatment for H&M's new 2015 swimwear campaign, which makesa nice change from the standard rolling-around-on-beach variety.” Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes, Joan Smalls and Natasha Poly stars in the Chamdin directed film with music by Axwell & Ingrosso.
In 2015, Chamdin directed a black & white commercial for Mango featuring music from The Kills, starring Jamie Hince and Karlie Kloss.