Sam Akina

Directed and Edited a series on IT Transformation for Dell and Columbia Sports https://vimeo.com/206487526

Wrote, Directed and Edited this music video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6xpSEN0dMs

Directed the We Love Your Work series in NYC featuring Adian Grenier, Rakia Reynolds and Ben Hindman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdJS4Ygqj8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeVLY9on4zY

Directed & Edited a commercial for the Clearly Vision Prize and the VERB agency in Austin, TX. https://vimeo.com/165321421

Hired to direct and edit a series of spots for digital signage placement inside Walmart retail stores.

Produced the event video for Thomson Reuters 2015 Serengeti Client Summit. This included organizing and scheduling the crew, providing direction during the shoot and editing the final deliverable. http://attackships.com/corporate/#/thomson-reuters-serengeti-client-summits/

Hired to Direct segments of Dell Presents: Next Generation Mobility ft. Kirk Schell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDWmVUuimN0

Directed this fourth project for Des Moines, IA hiphop artist Kemyst. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNDREGKB4SU

Hired by Dell Blue to reedit a pair of commercials showcasing how Dell helps to power the Austin City Limits music festival. The spots were produced by another company. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFCinTinbxs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWSvLYMK4S8

Edited a series of six spots for Swedish Medical Center. https://vimeo.com/141504645

Produced the 2015 event video for Mindtree's annual Microsoft partnership event Synergy. http://attackships.com/mindtree-synergy/

Wrote, Directed and Edited this music video (third collab) with hiphop artist Kemyst. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNDREGKB4SU

Co-wrote the feature film with Jules Jones through our company Attackships On Fire. We worked remotely via Skype with the producers Radek Drabik and Michal Chacinski, and director Mitja Okorn to deliver a shooting script. The film released theatrically in Poland in February 2016 and is one of the top ten highest grossing Polish films of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn2IrvB4vRU

Wrote, Directed and Edited "HIED Classroom of Tomorrow" for Dell's Future Ready Campaign in Seattle, WA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWUj-bAk2as

Directed and Edited a spot for Dell featuring International Relief and Development and cyber security company Solutions Granted. Shot on location in Arlington, Virginia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lp1t96ZpaE

Directed and Edited a spot for Dell featuring NYC based Motion FX Artist Cyprian Sadlon, the Dell Precision 3800 laptop and Adobe Creative Cloud. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ews8ZXNedMQ

Wrote, Directed and Edited the "Tekk Mini Hoop" spot featuring 3 time NBA slam dunk champ Nate Robinson. Shot in Denver, Colorado.

Wrote, Directed and Edited "The World Is Your Office" for Dell in Los Angeles, CA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URwzY_CDzi8 - Won Silver Telly Award.

Directed, Wrote and Edited "Full Time Dad" - a spot featuring the Venue 8 Pro 3000 series tablet from Dell, shot in Seattle WA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvZSW4Mf9Os

Directed and Edited the "Innovation" spot for Dell featuring NYC based design and manufacturing firm OXO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MTn2byuEXA - Won Bronze Telly Award.

Produced the event video for Thomson Reuters 2014 client summit. Organized the crew, produced the video and edited the final deliverable. http://attackships.com/corporate/#/thomson-reuters-serengeti-client-summits/

Directed and Edited this commercial for the Evolve Money app launch. http://attackships.com/index/#/evolve-money-launch-video/

Wrote, Directed and Edited this music video for hiphop artist Kemyst. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgb3scJxrDA

Wrote, Directed and Edited this spot for the Gone App launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1HIVHMoA18

Directed and Edited this spot featuring KKL Machine and the Precision T3610 Workstation for Dell. Shot on location in Carlsbad, CA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C_4ho9CLf8 - Won Bronze Telly Award.

Directed and Edited the "Art of Filmmaking" spot for Dell featuring cinematographer Gabriel Bienczycki and director A.J. Carter. Shot on location in Los Angeles, CA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P3_vPieeGA - Won Silver Telly Award.

Wrote, Directed and Edited this music video for V+X. Shot in Los Angeles, CA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HKuMYb4ET4

Directed and Edited five commercials for Dell and Glasgow 2014 to be used during the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The spots featured three profiles on competing athletes and two profiles on administrative staff. All spots focused on the impact and benefit of the technology that Dell provides to the games. http://attackships.com/index/#/dell-commonwealth-games-2014/ - Won Silver Telly Award.

Directed and Edited a series of three commercials for the Inspire: Austin series featuring Zach Theater, Austin Pets Alive and Qui Restaurant. http://attackships.com/index/#/dell-inspire/ - Won Bronze Telly Award.

Wrote, Directed and Edited this video for hiphop artist Kemyst. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaHqWgcUmjs

Produced the event video for Thomson Reuters annual Serengeti Client Summit.

Directed and Edited a second series of three spots for SIFF Renton featuring local celebs John Curley and Adam Gherke.

Wrote, Directed and Edited this music video for Nightmare Fortress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-vWNij7ztU

Wrote, Directed and Edited this series of three spots for Dell featuring a number of cross promoted product brands including XBOX, Sony, Adobe, Nikon, and more. http://attackships.com/corporate/#/dell-ultimate-solutions-series/

Directed and Edited a series of three promos for SIFF Renton featuring local celebs John Curley, Adam Gherke and Paul Eenhorn.

Edited this series of spots for BHOP and Mary Pomerantz. Won 2013 Webby Award for Reality Unscripted Category. http://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2013/online-film-video/general-film-categories/reality/hope-stories-personal-accounts-of-recovery-from-drug-alcohol-addiction/

Directed this spot for Adidas and Outdoor Athletic. http://attackships.com/index/#/adidas-the-meetup/

Directed this spot for the Tekk Trainer Rebounding Net featuring 2011 MLS MVP Dwayne DeRosario. http://attackships.com/index/#/tekk-dero-vs-tekk-trainer/

Wrote, Directed and Edited this music video for Project Lionheart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On9e3EIu3yA

Co-wrote, Directed and Edited a series of four spots for a campaign called "More Than Technology" that we developed in-house and pitched to Dell Executives. The spots were televised nationally. http://attackships.com/index/#/dell-more-than-technology/

Produced and Edited a series of three spots for Vizio and Poptent featuring the Vizio tablet.

Wrote, Directed and Edited this spot for Acuvue and Poptent. http://attackships.com/index/#/acuvue-see-what-could-be/

Writer on the feature film "Listy do M." for TVN and Exec. Producer Darek Gasiorowski, Producer Iza Lopuch and Director Mitja Okorn. The film became the highest grossing Polish film of 2011, as well as the highest grossing Polish film of the last 20 years.

Provided consultation and creative direction on set and during post production to director Mitja Okorn and the production team. https://vimeo.com/96135250

Provided consultation and creative direction on set and during post production to director Mitja Okorn and the production team. https://vimeo.com/95684934

Wrote, directed and produced commercial campaigns for various clients including Dell, Adidas, SunPower, Columbia Sports, Thomson Reuters, OXO, Mary Pomerantz Advertising, Tekk Athletic, Mindtree, Creativello, Airbiquity, Evolve Money, Gone, Fierce, Nanopure and more. Won one Webby Award, six Telly Awards, two Addy awards and was a two time Webby Honoree. Wrote various feature film screenplays including "A World Without Thieves"​ for producer Duncan Kenworthy, Huayi Brothers and Toledo Productions, "Listy do M." for TVN, and "Planeta Singli"​ for director Mitja Okorn and producers Radek Drabik, Michal Chacinski and GIGANT films. Wrote and Directed two sequels to Planeta Singli (parts 2 and 3) - both films were released theatrically (2018 and 2019). Planeta Singli 2 was the 3rd highest grossing film in Poland of 2018 and Planeta Singli 3 is currently the 4th highest grossing film in Poland in 2019. Wrote and Directed the feature film Mayday, releasing theatrically in Poland, January 2020. Directed numerous music videos for various artists and record labels.

Commercial/Music Video and Feature Film production company formerly based out of Seattle, WA, currently based in Los Angeles, CA. Wrote and Directed feature film "Bullets, Blood & a Fistful of Ca$h" distributed worldwide through Shoreline Entertainment 09/07

Edited various promos for country music superstar Tim McGraw.

Wrote, Directed and Edited this music video for Star Anna and Malamute Records. http://attackships.com/music-videos/#/star-anna-if-wishes-were-horses/

Wrote and Directed "Let's Dance" for Hi_Tack and Ultra Records (#1 MTV Dance Floor Chart/#1 MTV Galaxy Chart 09/07), Wrote "Now You're Gone" for Basshunter and Ministry of Sound (+170 million hits on youtube)

Wrote and Directed music videos for Malamute Records artists Star Anna ("If Wishes Were Horses") and Beth Whitney ("Miss Misery")

Wrote, Directed and Edited this music video for Division Productions, Spinnin' Records and Hi_Tack. http://attackships.com/music-videos/#/hitack-lets-dance/ Let's Dance was a #1 music video on numerous MTV charts including the Dancefloor Chart and Galaxy Chart.

Wrote, Directed, Produced, Shot and Edited this action revenge feature film on a shoestring budget that was released worldwide in 2007 in over 30 countries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIFLzhWyQFU

Produced and Directed commercial spots for local clients Pignataro Volkswagen, Pioneer Square Business Association and others.