Samir Bhamra

Samir Bhamra is a British artist, playwright, costume designer, producer, and film and theatre director. He is the founder of the arts charity Phizzical CIO.

Bhamra graduated from Loughborough University with a BSc. in Mathematics and Computation.

Bhamra is the Creative Director of the UK Asian Film Festival.

His writing and directing credits include the West End concert Bombay Superstars at His Majesty’s Theatre, the biggest stage adaptation in the world of the Ramayana at Wembley Arena , Bombay Superstar and Precious Bazaar. Other notable touring productions include the Laurence Olivier Awards nominated play 10 Nights by Shahid Iqbal Khan and an academically acclaimed production of William Shakespeare's Cymbeline.

He was the 2021 Senior Producer at Belgrade Theatre Coventry where he delivered 12 productions across different media with a budget of £2.5 million as part of the theatre's UK City of Culture 2021 programme and the Programme Manager on the East Midlands 2012 Cultural Olympiad between 2010 and 2011 . He subsequently delivered 3 large scale projects in the East Midlands for the Cultural Olympiad in 2012, including the Carnival parade in 6 cities for the London 2012 Olympic Torch.