Samira Kanwar

About Samira Kanwar

Over 20 years of experience across ad film production, television production, direction, branded content, music television, digital media, studio productions. Co-Founded a film production company at 29 years and named it from my favorite book (The description of the Babble Fish was on page 42 of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) Produced music videos for some of my fav indie Indian artists, created YouTube shows based on music (back in 2010 when people were still figuring out the platform) and eventually made one into a branded TV show (The Dewarists) that won a Cannes in 2012. Went on to produce & direct multiple TV shows (anyone remember Sound Trippin\', Bring on the Night?). Have moved from Production, Direction, Creative Supervision & Direction, to now VP of Content for Asia Pacific at VICE where we get to shoot with the Yakuza, Korean Shamans, Transqueens in Thailand, Criminals, reformed criminals, rappers, K-Pop artists, B-Grade Film makers, porn stars, Superheroes and that\'s just the tip of the iceberg. I also run VICE Studios in APAC where we produce shows for streaming platforms including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Discovery.

Experience

1. VP Content, Apac

   VICE Media

   Jan 2019 — Present

   At VICE APAC, I creatively oversee two lines of business - Digital and Studio. The Digital LOB is our publishing arm, i.e. all the content we create on vice.com, VICE YouTube and VICE APAC socials. The Studio LOB is our production arm that works with Network and Streaming platforms to produce shows and documentaries. As of September 2022, we\'ve produced multiple shows - for Discovery (Dangals of Crime, My Daughter Joined a Cult, Money Mafia), Netflix (Indian Predator) and watch out for our latest sereis on Amazon Prime Video - Cinema Marte Dam Tak