The Partners

ALI SELIM (Director)

Ali Selim has been an advertising commercial director since 1989, during which time he has directed over 850 television commercials.

In recognition of his commercial work, Selim has received the Gold Lion—advertising's most coveted award—from Cannes Advertising Film Festival and a Gold Award from British Design and Art Directors. His work resides in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

His feature debut, SWEET LAND was named one of the Ten Best Films of 2006 by over a dozen critics, including the Los Angeles Times and Entertainment Weekly.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune named Ali Selim the 2006 Minnesota Artist of the Year.

JIM BIGHAM (Producer)

Jim Bigham has been a filmmaker since 1971. Jim attended the London Film School in the early 70's, graduating with high honors. Jim has since worked all over the United States and abroad. He took the first film and video crews behind the Iron Curtain to produce Glastnost Rock in September 1988. This historic rock concert was the first of its kind, recording the opening of the Soviet Union through its version of Woodstock.

Jim has over twenty-five film credits, including "Great Expectations," "Body Heat," "Bad Boys," and produced several television pilots in the Miami area. He was first exposed to commercials in the 70's while working on "Saturday Night Live's" famed parodies commercials. In 1996, Jim was line producer on a Turner documentary titled, "Chasing the Dream," which was nominated for an Academy Award. "Sweet Land" is Jim's most recent project.