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Sam Russell

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Director of Photography and filmmaker. Specializing in documentary and branded content. Credits listed here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2584747/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Credits

1/22 – 7/22

Cinematographer – Model America

MSNBC — TV — Anchor Worldwide

1/22 – 7/22

3/21 – 10/21

Cinematographer – The Black Church (Season 1)

PBS — TV — McGee Media

3/21 – 10/21

4/21 – 7/21

Camera Operator – Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Netflix — Film (Feature-length) — Netflix

4/21 – 7/21

1/19 – 7/21

Cinematographer – Free Renty

Film (Feature-length) — David Grubin Productions

1/19 – 7/21

1/21 – 4/21

Cinematographer – The Lost Kitchen (Season 1)

Magnolia — TV — Anchor Entertainment

1/21 – 4/21

Camera Operator – The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

1/21 – 4/21

2/21 – 3/21

Cinematographer – Frederick Douglas

HBO — Film (Feature-length) — McGee Media

2/21 – 3/21

6/20 – 8/20

Cinematographer – The Lost Kitchen (Season 1)

Magnolia — TV — Anchor Entertainment

6/20 – 8/20

3/20 – 6/20

Cinematographer – Nova

Film (Feature-length) — WGBH

3/20 – 6/20

Director of Photography (DP) – The Perfect Weapon

HBO — TV — Ark Media, LLC

3/20 – 6/20

1/20 – 6/20

Director of Photography (DP) – Ken Burns Presents: The Gene

PBS — TV

1/20 – 6/20

2/20 – 5/20

Cinematographer – Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Artemis Rising Foundation — Film (Feature-length) — Artemis Rising Foundation

2/20 – 5/20

1/16 – 5/20

Cinematographer – The American Experience (Season 99)

PBS — TV — Thirteen/WNET Details

1/16 – 5/20

Have shot on several episodes of this popular series.

1/20 – 4/20

Cinematographer – Nova (Season 1)

PBS — TV — WGBH

1/20 – 4/20

Cinematographer – Ken Burns Presents: The Gene (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

1/20 – 4/20

7/19 – 10/19

Cinematographer – Slay The Dragon

Magnolia Pictures — Film (Feature-length) — Magnolia Pictures

7/19 – 10/19

4/19 – 7/19

Director of Photography (DP) – Finding Your Roots (Season 6)

PBS — TV — Ark Media, LLC

4/19 – 7/19

1/18 – 4/19

Director of Photography (DP) – Slay The Dragon

Tribeca premiere — Film (Feature-length)

1/18 – 4/19

10/18 – 1/19

Cinematographer – Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis

HBO — Film (Feature-length) — VICE News

10/18 – 1/19

9/18 – 10/18

Additional Photography – Panic

HBO — TV

9/18 – 10/18

7/18 – 10/18

Director of Photography (DP) – Finding Your Roots (Season 5)

PBS — TV — Ark Media, LLC

7/18 – 10/18

Camera Operator – City of Joel

Samuel Goldwyn Films — Film (Feature-length) — Samuel Goldwyn Films

7/18 – 10/18

1/15 – 10/18

Director of Photography (DP) – Lidia Celebrates America

PBS — TV

1/15 – 10/18

1/16 – 2/18

Director of Photography (DP) – Far From The Tree

Film (Feature-length)

1/16 – 2/18

8/17 – 11/17

Cinematographer – Far From The Tree

Sundance Selects — Film (Feature-length) — ARK Media

8/17 – 11/17

7/17 – 10/17

Producer – Papertown

Overtown Productions — Film (Feature-length) — Overtown Productions

7/17 – 10/17

Director – Papertown

Overtown Productions — Film (Feature-length) — Overtown Productions

7/17 – 10/17

4/17 – 7/17

Director of Photography (DP) – Finding Your Roots (Season 4)

PBS — TV — Ark Media, LLC

4/17 – 7/17

Cinematographer – My Year With Helen

Transmission Films — Film (Feature-length) — Gaylene Preston Productions

4/17 – 7/17

Cinematographer – Papertown

Overtown Productions — Film (Feature-length) — Overtown Productions

4/17 – 7/17

12/16 – 7/17

Director of Photography (DP) – My Year With Helen

Film (Feature-length)

12/16 – 7/17

3/17 – 6/17

Director of Photography (DP) – George Michael: Freedom

Showtime — TV — Sony Music

3/17 – 6/17

10/15 – 6/17

Director, DP, Producer – Papertown

Film (Short)

10/15 – 6/17

2/17 – 5/17

Camera Operator – First in Human

Discovery — Film (Feature-length) — McGee Media

2/17 – 5/17

1/17 – 4/17

Camera Operator – Lidia Celebrates America (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Seftel Productions

1/17 – 4/17

Director of Photography (DP) – George Michael: Freedom (Season 1)

Channel 4 — TV — Coffee & TV

1/17 – 4/17

Cinematographer – Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Season 1)

PBS — TV — ARK Media

1/17 – 4/17

10/16 – 1/17

Camera Operator – Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement

FarWord — Film (Feature-length) — FarWord

10/16 – 1/17

1/16 – 12/16

Additional Photography – Black Market with Michael K. Williams (Season 1)

Vice Media — TV

1/16 – 12/16

2/15 – 12/16

Director of Photography (DP) – And Still I Rise: Black America Since MLK

PBS — TV

2/15 – 12/16

1/13 – 8/16

Director, DP – By Blood

Film (Feature-length)

1/13 – 8/16

1/16 – 7/16

Cinematographer – Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement

BET — TV

1/16 – 7/16

1/16 – 4/16

Cinematographer – Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise (Season 1)

PBS — TV — ARK Media

1/16 – 4/16

Cinematographer – First In Human: The Trials of Building 10

National Geographic — TV — McGee Media

1/16 – 4/16

7/15 – 10/15

Director of Photography (DP) – Finding Your Roots (Season 3)

PBS — TV — Ark Media, LLC

7/15 – 10/15

1/14 – 12/14

Additional Photography – Years of Living Dangerously (Season 1)

Showtime — TV — Roaring Fork Productions

1/14 – 12/14

Director of Photography (DP) – Glamour: Women Of The Year

TV

1/14 – 12/14

1/13 – 12/14

Director of Photography (DP) – The Italian Americans

PBS — TV

1/13 – 12/14

3/14 – 6/14

Director of Photography (DP) – Makers (Season 2)

PBS — TV

3/14 – 6/14

1/14 – 4/14

Cinematographer – Years of Living Dangerously (Season 1)

Showtime — TV — The Years Project

1/14 – 4/14

1/13 – 4/13

Camera Operator – Makers: Women Who Make America (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Makers

1/13 – 4/13

Camera Operator – The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Season 1)

PBS — TV — ARK Media

1/13 – 4/13

1/11 – 3/12

Director of Photography (DP) – FRONTLINE: Football High

PBS — TV

1/11 – 3/12

9/11 – 12/11

Director of Photography (DP) – Finding Your Roots (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Ark Media, LLC

9/11 – 12/11

1/11 – 4/11

Post Production Supervisor – Frontline (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

1/11 – 4/11

1/10 – 4/10

Camera Operator – Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Season 1)

PBS — TV — ARK Media

1/10 – 4/10

Assistant Editor – Frontline (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

1/10 – 4/10

12/09 – 3/10

Assistant Editor – HGTV Star (Season 5)

HGTV — TV — Pie Town Productions

12/09 – 3/10

3/08 – 6/08

Production Manager – The Life and Death Experiences of Young Beth Byrd

American Film Institute — Film (Short) — American Film Institute (AFI)

3/08 – 6/08

9/07 – 12/07

Casting Assistant – Umbilical

Daydreamer Pictures — Film (Feature-length) — Daydreamer Pictures

9/07 – 12/07

5/07 – 8/07

First Assistant Director – Umbilical

Daydreamer Pictures — Film (Feature-length) — Daydreamer Pictures

5/07 – 8/07

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Education

Colorado College

BA

My Gear

Drone
Gimbal
Audio package.
Edit suite.
Full 4k camera package(s).
Full lighting/grip package.
Mavic 3 Cine Drone

Skills

Photography
Direct
Edit
Produce
Shoot
light

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