Director

Sam Arbor

Directing

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Beginning to build directing work.

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0.4

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 2All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 3110442

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2016 - 2024

Years active: 9

Average TMDB rating: 8.6

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Director (3)Assistant Director (1)

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Biography

Sam is a queer writer/director for film & theatre. Sam’s latest short film Baba won the Iris Prize, and was distributed internationally by the British Council and Channel 4 in the UK. His latest project is Dead Hot, for Amazon Prime, exec. produced by Nicola Shindler (It’s A Sin) and starring BAFTA nominee Vivian Oparah and Bilal Hasna. Sam is Block 1 director (Eps 1, 2 & 3). Sam is second unit director on Heartstopper (Netflix) Seasons 2 & 3. Sam's play 'butterfly' played at the VAULT Festival 2020, and received rave reviews. The Guardian said "this is a brilliant show full of heart – it’s history that is far from dull and has been smacked through a queer kaleidoscope of charm, dark humour and vibrancy." Sam was Assistant Director on CHAOS at the Bristol Old Vic.

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