STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER.
Sam Directs 90+ minutes of behind-the-scenes
content for Respawn Entertainment's exciting
new action-adventure game.
MORTAL ENGINES.
Sam Produces a Live Experience for
Peter Jackson's New Franchise at
New York Comic Con!
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THE X-WING EXPERIENCE.
Sam Directs Interactive Experience at
Star Wars Celebration and E3.
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MCDONALD'S: $1 $2 $3 THAT'S A MEAL!
Sam 1st Assistant Directs Facebook Live
Game Show with Alfonso Ribeiro.
GAP x MARVEL.
Sam 1st Assistant Directs Gap Kids
Commercial, featuring the
"Fit to be Super" Collection.
-PRODUCER-
Best Wishes From Millwood
- Press Kit
- Trailer
- Watch Film
- (password upon request)
Synopsis: Evelyn's morning starts like all her others in the sleepy community of Millwood, when her lumpish husband leaves for the day to do handywork around the neighborhood. As soon as he goes a strange bicycle-riding woman knocks on Evelyn's back door. She calls herself Birdsong and is selling wish-granting cookies to qualified customers. Evelyn buys two. Her two wishes are: a mink coat and Vern's death. Immediately there's a THUMP on the front porch, and Evelyn discovers a mailbag outside her house stuffed with a mink coat. She hurries to her friend Nettie's house. Making the assumption the cookies work, the two women decide to go out and save Vern from any lurking dangers.
Info: In 2015 Best Wishes won the coveted Audience Award at Austin Film Festival. The film appears on the French Premium Cable Channel CANAL+.
WOODLAND APPAREL
“ADVENTURE ”
(4/13)
2nd Assistant Director
TV Spot
Director: Amit Gupta
NEGATIVE SPACE
(7/11)
1st Assistant Director
Feature Film
Director:
Ben Cresciman
THE HEARTIST
“SKELETONS” (7/14)
1st Assistant Director
Music Video
Director: Zhenia Nozechkin
CLEARTRIP
“TRAVEL” (4/13)
1st Assistant Director
TV Spot
Director:
Alan Bibby
CYMEDICA "MUSCLE
ACTIVATION SYSTEM" (10/15)
1st Assistant Director
Commercial
Director: Iqbal Ahmed
DATING DAISY
(10/14)
1st Assistant Director
Feature Film
Director:
Neel Upadhye
VIDEO GAME
HIGH SCHOOL S2
(2/13)
2nd 2nd Assistant Director
Web Series
Director: Freddie Wong
HEDBANZ "BRING HOME
THE FUNNY"
(2/16)
1st Assistant Director
Commercial
Directors: Michael &
Justin Younesi
SK-II TOUCHSTORM
TUTORIALS
(6/14)
1st Assistant Director
Online Marketing Campaign
Director: Gregg Halvey
VONAGE
"IT SPOKESPERSON"
(8/16)
1st Assistant Director
Web Advertisement
Director:
Raul Fernandez
NEW ADVENTURES
OF PETER & WENDY
(3/14)
1st Assistant Director
Web Series
Director: Matthew Breault
OUR LAST NIGHT "DIAMONDS"
by GILLETTE (12/15)
1st Assistant Director
Music Video / Commercial
Director: Raul Fernandez
MICHAEL NIGHT
“DANCE OF LOVE” (12/13)
1st A.D. / Music Video
Producer: Jon Michael Kondrath
ANOMALISA (9/13)
Assistant Director
Stop-motion Animated Feature
Director: Duke Johnson
RAINEY QUALLEY “ME &
JOHNNY CASH” (5/15)
1st Assistant Director
Music Video
Director: Erica Dasher
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-DIRECTOR-
The Agency
- Trailer
- Official Site
- Watch Film
- (password upon request)
Synopsis: Tommy Cho, a twenty-something slacker who still lives with his parents, gets a job at an elite, cutting-edge company offering a facial-scanning technology that reports the exact number of times any woman has ever been pictured during masturbation. As Tommy explores this mysterious tech, he comes closer than ever to connecting with his childhood crush. But his new-found ambition also unwittingly reverses his chronic failure with the ladies, unleashing a woman from his past who would like to prove to him that his wildest fantasies can come true.
Info: In 2011 The Agency won the Jury Awards for Best Comedy and Best Director at The Beverly Hills Shorts Festival. The film can now been seen on the cable television network ShortsTV and is frequently programed in more than 7 countries. A feature version of this short is currently in development.
-ASST. DIRECTOR- (selected filmography)
STOUFFERS "OFFICE
LUNCH FOMO" (4/16)
1st Assistant Director
Commercial
Director: Raul Fernandez
UPENDED (3/15)
2nd 2nd Assistant
Director
Short Film
Director: Tessa Blake
PARTY GIRL
S1 (12/15)
1st Assistant Director
Web Series
Director: Evan
Beamer
JOURNEY TO
THE EAST
(1/15)
1st Assistant Director
Pilot
Director:
Gregg Helvey
HIGHLIGHTS
MAGAZINE
"EVERYDAY" (12/15)
1st Assistant Director
Commercial
Director:
Nick Suitt
HOT WHEELS LABS
by MATTEL (3/16)
1st Assistant Director
Web Content / Commercial
Director: Michael Swingler
PROJECT MC2 by
DREAMWORKS TV (3/16)
2nd Assistant Director
Ancillary Web Content / Commercial
Director: Jared Hillman
KINA GRANIS
“OH FATHER”
(8/14)
1st Assistant Director
Music Video
Director: Erica Dasher
SPIVAK
(9/16)
1st Assistant Director
Netflix Original Feature
Directors: Tony Abrams & Adam Broder
STRAY
(12/16)
1st Assistant Director
Feature Film
Director:
Joe Sill