Sam is a director and editor working in Austin, TX. Recently Sam directed HOT GREASE, a documentary film about the biodiesel industry for Discovery Channel. He directed THROUGH THE REPELLENT FENCE, which premiered in 2017 at the prestigious Museum of Modern Art Doc Fortnight in New York and then went on to South By Southwest, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and a national PBS broadcast. In 2016, Sam's film HONKY TONK HEAVEN premiered and won an audience award at South by Southwest, continued on to International Documentary Festival Amsterdam and was broadcast on PBS. Sam edited and produced NO NO: A DOCKUMENTARY, a sports film about notorious Pittsburgh Pirate pitcher Dock Ellis which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, screened theatrically and was broadcast on Showtime and ESPN Classics. Sam also edited and produced the PBS documentary LADONNA HARRIS: INDIAN 101, which was executive produced by Johnny Depp. And, He directed the PBS documentary CITIZEN ARCHITECT: SAMUEL MOCKBEE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE RURAL STUDIO in 2010. He has also proudly served on the Filmmaker Advisory Committee to the Austin Film Society.