We make the hard shoots happen.
Samurai is a London production company working both ways: international shoots coming into the UK, and UK and global brands and agencies filming across the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
One team. Any border.
One producer and one call sheet from the first quote to final delivery, wherever the shoot is.
Crews who know the ground, run to London standards on safety, paperwork and delivery.
Four hours on the tarmac with a Qatar Airways A380. Three weeks to move an Al Jazeera series from Japan to South Africa. That's the work we're good at.
Into the UK
International productions shooting in London and across the UK: crew, locations, permits and post.
Out to MENA & beyond
UK and global agencies filming in the Gulf, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, South Africa and Europe.
The track record
Hundreds of productions with a single point of contact.
Pepsi, Qatar Airways, GM Tahoe, Mobily, QNB, HSBC, MAF.
Co-production and servicing partner to FIFA+, Prime Video, Al Jazeera, CNN Create, Euronews and ITV.
Across 8 destination countries in 12 languages: Visit Dubai, Essence of Qatar, Morocco's ONMT.
Our gear house
Camera, lighting and grip from Sedky Twins, our kit base in Cairo, for shoots across Egypt and the region.
Our Gulf base
Production and crew in the UAE through Medianation, Samurai's Dubai production entity.
Who runs it
Karim Areida
Karim builds shoots in places other people say can't be done in time. He started Samurai to take the pain out of international production: the right crew, the permits and the kit, in a country you've never filmed in, on the day you need them.
Qatar Airways, Al Jazeera, FIFA+, the United Nations. Different countries, same network, same standard.
Kamal Patel
Karim's friend from university and his business partner. Kamal joined Samurai in 2017, when the company opened in London, and reviews every director who applies to the .director roster with Karim.
Talk to us
Email, call or send a brief. Karim replies within 24 hours.