With over fifteen years of experience, Sam has worked in many diverse locations: Kazakhstan, Chad and Saudi Arabia; West Texas, West Virginia and the Grand Canyon; in prisons, in gold mines and in classrooms. Smooth handheld work and natural lighting are his strength. Some excerpts of his work follow--click on photos to view a sample.
Spain...On the Road Again hosted by Gwyneth Paltrow,
Chef Mario Batali, NY Times Columnist Mark Bittman,
and Spanish actress Claudia Bassols. This 13 hour PBS
Series presents the history, culture and food of Spain.
Cameras mounted inside their cars provide unique
perspectives of their 10,000 mile road trip.
Frontline:College, Inc. Investigating how a new breed of
for-profit universities and their partners on Wall Street
are using federally backed financial aid to enroll
record numbers of students and increase record
profits. www.rainmedia.net
Jesus Politics is a co-production of PBS/Arte/Channel 4/CBC.
Follow the 2008 primaries as filmmaker Ilan Ziv
explores the influence of faith on Presidential politics,
tracing the role of religion since Jefferson & Adams’
campaign in 1800 to the rise of the evangelical right.
Paper Covers Rock premiered at the 2008 SXSW Film
Festival. Writer/Director Joe Maggio’s third feature
film is an intense study of two sisters who cope with a
suicide attempt and losing custody of a daughter.
Winner of the Ashland Film Festival Best
Don’t Call Me a Saint premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film
Festival. A documentary biography of Dorothy Day,
the founder of the progressive and anarchist Catholic
Worker movement. A socialist and pacifist, Day
influenced a generation of activists.
The Loomis Gang portrays the greatest band of outlaws no
one has ever heard of, their upstate New York roots,
and the quirky group of amateur history buffs working
to keep their memory alive. PBS documentary.
Continental Harmony presents the collaborations between
composers and musicians to “celebrate communities
through music.” Beer vendors in baseball parks and
Native Americans in the Grand Canyon play their part
in this PBS documentary.
The Lost Boys of Sudan (Africa segment), NBC. A group of
young refugees culminate a 15 year, 10,000 mile
journey from the camps of Northern Kenya to their
new homes in American.
Mugshots, Court TV documentary series. Excerpts of 2 one
hour episodes. “Money, Murder, Mystery” explores
the strange tale of billionaire killer Robert Durst’s trial
for the murder and beheading of his neighbor. “House
of Cards” profiles fugitive financier Martin Frankel.
The A Factor, narrated by Glenn Close, was broadcast on
PBS and documents the true story of one man’s
discovery of the singular nutrient that will save the
lives of millions of children. Shot in Nepal, Ghana
and Guatemala. www.apltv.com
Cooking Shows A variety of cooking shows for PBS,
including the James Beard Award winner Great Wines
Made Simple, and The Best Recipes in the World with
Mark Bittman. www.frappeinc.com
Time Travel. For you German speakers, an interesting story
on an American Physicist’s research into traveling
through time.
Faces of America, four hour PBS series. An exploration of
American history through the personal histories of 12
prominent Americans, hosted by Harvard Professor
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Why we are, who we are.
Frontline:Digital Nation 90 minute installment of the award
winning documentary series, Frontline, explores “life
on the digital frontier.” How technology is changing
the way we learn, fight wars, and relate to each other.
Korea:The Most Wired Place on Earth Frontline:World story
about South Korea’s embrace of the technological
revolution, and the consequences, both intended and
unexpected, of being “wired up.”
The Vision of Paolo Soleri The pioneering architect, urban
planner, philosopher, and artist, Paolo Soleri. A
student of Frank Lloyd Wright, Soleri’s work is hailed
by architects and sci-fi fans, urban planners and
politicians. An inside look.
Interior Design Hall of Fame is a series of 4 portraits of the
inductees to the 2011 Interior Design Magazine Hall
of Fame. Presented by Cindy Allen, the Editor-in-Chief
of Interior Design Magazine, the portrait of Milan
based Patricia Urquiola was shot on the Panasonic
HPX3700 & the Sony F3. www.interiordesign.net
Kimchi Chronicles World class chef Jean-Georges
Vongerichten & his Korean wife Marja explore the
tasty, spicy, rich cuisine of Korea. Tagging along are
their friends, the actors Hugh Jackman and Heather
Graham. 13 episodes to explore Korea’s food,
culture and 5000 year history.
