Sameer Thahir

Sameer C. Thahir ISC (born 7 November 1976) is an Indian cinematographer, screenwriter, producer and film director, who works primarily in Malayalam cinema.

He is a graduate of Maharajas College, Ernakulam.

Thahir began his career assisting his mentors, fellow Indian Society of Cinematographers members Amal Neerad and Rajeev Ravi.

In 2007, he shot his first feature as an independent cinematographer when Amal Neerad turned to direct his debut film Big B.

In 2007, Thahir made his debut with Big B, the first film directed by cinematographer Amal Neerad.

Thahir's other credits include Aashiq Abu's film Daddy Cool (2009), Nidra (2012), Diamond Necklace (2012), Bangalore Days (2014), Thamaasha (2019) and Minnal Murali (2021).

Later, he made his directorial and writing debut with Chaappa Kurishu (2011).

In 2012, he handled cinematography for Siddharth Bharathan's Nidra and Lal Jose's Diamond Necklace.

In 2013, Thahir directed a segment in the anthology film 5 Sundarikal.

Later that year his second film as a director Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi was released.

Sameer C. Thahir married his wife Neethu Thahir on 12 November 2013.

Thahir handled the camera for the 2014 movie Bangalore Days, directed by Anjali Menon.

In 2015, he produced the movie Chandrettan Evideya under his banner Happy Hours Entertainments.

He produced and directed Kali, starring Dulquer Salmaan in 2016.

In 2017 Thahir received his first credit in Tamil Cinema with Soundarya Rajnikanth's comedy Velaiilla Pattadhari 2. In 2018, he was a cinematographer on Sometimes (2018).

Sameer Thahir is the son of Tahir Mattanchery, a production controller in Malayalam film industry.

Thahir studied in Maharajas College Eranakulam.

His mentors include Amal Neerad, director of "Big B", Anwar Rasheed, Aashiq Abu, and cinematographer Rajeev Ravi.

Sameer Thahir was the cinematographer of the 2017 Tamil movie Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 and Priyadarshan's Sometimes (2018).

He was the producer of Sudani from Nigeria (2018) and Thamaasha (2019).

Thahir also handled the cinematography of the latter.