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Achmed Abdel-Salam

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  • Producer
  • Director
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Achmed Abdel-Salam
In a future where technology feels more human than ever, people confront love, loss, and identity as the boundaries between man and machine disappear.
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Achmed Abdel-Salam was born on April 29th, 1983 in Vienna, Austria. He has appeared in TV-commercials, feature films and numerous shorts. In 2010 Achmed was accepted at the Filmacademy Vienna where he studied Screenwriting and Dramaturgy, receiving his Bachelor's Degree in 2014. Living and working in Vienna, Achmed is happily married and the proud father of two sons.
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    Known for

    1805: A Town's Tale (2012)
    1805: A Town's Tale
    6.2
    Short
    • Phillipe
    • 2012
    Adam & Esra (2018)
    Adam & Esra
    Short
    • Adam
    • 2018
    Heimsuchung (2023)
    Heimsuchung
    4.5
    • Director
    • 2023
    Angst (2021)
    Angst
    7.8
    Short
    • Tom
    • 2021

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Vermessen
      • Rafi
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Merge (2025)
      Merge
      3.7
      • Tom (segment "Angst")
      • 2025
    • Martina Gedeck, Hannah Herzsprung, Oliver Masucci, Emile Chérif, and Lilli Falk in Woodwalkers (2024)
      Woodwalkers
      5.0
      • Dan
      • 2024
    • Johannes Grenzfurthner in Je Suis Auto (2024)
      Je Suis Auto
      • Bad Cop
      • 2024
    • Sebastian Wendelin and Henrietta Rauth in Strangers Like Us (2024)
      Strangers Like Us
      6.8
      Short
      • 2024
    • Angst (2021)
      Angst
      7.8
      Short
      • Tom
      • 2021
    • Vorstadtweiber (2015)
      Vorstadtweiber
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Portier Pharmakonzern
      • 2019
    • CopStories (2013)
      CopStories
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Kamal (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • The Fortress (2018)
      The Fortress
      Short
      • Kareem
      • 2018
    • Adam & Esra (2018)
      Adam & Esra
      Short
      • Adam
      • 2018
    • Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)
      Glossary of Broken Dreams
      5.5
      • Modern Subject
      • 2018
    • Fucking Drama (2017)
      Fucking Drama
      8.1
      Short
      • Friend of Man in Suit
      • 2017
    • Achmed Abdel-Salam and Yana Eresina in Video (2016)
      Video
      Short
      • Man
      • 2016
    • We Used to Be Cool (2016)
      We Used to Be Cool
      6.0
      • Vater mit Kind am Ikea-Parkplatz
      • 2016
    • Martin Gruber, Brigitte Kren, Andreas Kiendl, and Lilian Klebow in Vienna Crime Squad (2005)
      Vienna Crime Squad
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Selim Al Khatib
      • 2016
    • Die Hochzeit (2016)
      Die Hochzeit
      Short
      • Paul
      • 2016

    Producer

    • Stefano Bernardin in Fakt oder Fake (2019)
      Fakt oder Fake
      TV Series
      • commissioning editor (as Achmed Abdel Salam)
      • 2019–2021
    • Easy come, easy go (2008)
      Easy come, easy go
      8.1
      • associate producer
      • 2008

    Director

    • Koshari (2026)
      Koshari
      Short
      • directed by
      • 2026
    • Heimsuchung (2023)
      Heimsuchung
      4.5
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Adam & Esra (2018)
      Adam & Esra
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Let's Cee (2017)
      Let's Cee
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Achmed Abdel-Salam and Yana Eresina in Video (2016)
      Video
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Freigänger (2013)
      Freigänger
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013

    Videos1

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    Personal details

    • Official sites
      • Achmed Abdel-Salam_Official Site
      • FREIGÄNGER - Official Facebook
    • Alternative name
      • Achmed Abdel Salam
    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Spouse
      • Ulli Abdel-SalamMay 10, 2013 - present
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Articles

    Self-verified on IMDbPro

    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male
    • Pronouns
      • he/him

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      2013:

      Young Talent Prize for the Treatment "Der Rand" ("The Edge") at Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film.

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