Samer Najari, the son of a Syrian father and Lebanese mother, was born in Moscow in 1976. Shortly after commencing studies in architecture at the University of Damascus, he immigrated to Montreal, Canada, with his family in 1994. Since then, he has obtained a Bachelor of .Fine Arts in film production from Concordia University, 2001, and completed a residency at Le Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Le Fresnoy in France (2001-03). During this residency Najari produced two films that have been screened and praised internationally. He directed Before the Wind Blows in 2006, and is currently working on a new short film project.

Director BEFORE THE WIND BLOWS / Le Petit Oiseau Va Sortir