Samantha Lavin Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Produce, Write and Direct feature films, shorts, pilots, commercials and PSA's for companies including - Women for Sobriety Center Inc., Fostering A Change Foundation, Spiklit LLC.

Samantha is a DGA director, assistant director and writer who has worked on film and television projects including “Dear White People”, “Roar” and “Lucifer”.She wrote and directed the short film, ​"In Memory of Me"​ which screened at over 40 festivals worldwide including Dances with Films and Frameline; winning multiple directing awards. Her latest short film “Val-e-ree” premiered at the USA FIlm Festival and is screening around the world.Sam optioned a series to NBC Universal called “Out of the Frying Pan” and was hired to direct the presentation pilot.She adapted and directed the British play “Key Change” in its West Coast premiere, receiving an LA Times 99 Seat Beat Critic’s Pick for “…innovation and raw staging of a story highlighting women in prison.”Her feature script "7 on 10", about a WNBA basketball player incarcerated for killing a woman in an alcoholic blackout is in late stage development with CL9 Productions with plans to shoot in Spring 2024. Her pilot script "Queens Village" has been on Coverfly's Red List and was a finalist in The Jumpstart Writing Competition and The Screencraft Pilot Competition. Samantha proudly served on the Lesbian and Gay Advisory board of West Hollywood as well as Women for Sobriety Center; an organization serving formerly incarcerated women and their children.

• Created and implemented production schedules for TV and films from pre-production through shooting.• Responsible for over 100 people on various sets.• Assisted Directors in carrying out their creative vision on time andwithin the allotted budget.

Freelance writer/ promo and interstitial producer for the Style and E! Entertainment Networks