Sam Hayden
[ DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER & VISUAL ARTIST]
Sam is a 2019 graduate of Ithaca College with a B.S. in Cinema and Photography and is currently pursuing an MFA in screenwriting at Cal State Northridge where he currently works as an undergraduate lecturer.
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Before that, Sam wrote on the narrative podcast "Soul of a Warrior" for PocketFM, which has garnered over 2.5 million listens since it's inception, and has worked as a Coordinator for MTV/Paramount.
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Hailing from the suburban purgatory of the Washington, D.C. metro area, Sam's a wilderness junkie, a former junior olympic fencer, and a history nerd. He loves to write historical fiction, dystopian dramas, dark comedies, horror, and science fiction.
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FILMOGRAPHY
Clean
March 2019
This upcoming live action short focuses on a world in which the ultra wealthy hire a special"cleaning" company to hide murders and other crimes from law enforcement.
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This is the story of Clea, a new cleaning company worker whose hidden secret may have deadly consequences. Accepted into the Take It Easy Film Festival.
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Para Mi Madre
October 2017
Teresa and her young son attempt to escape the United States after a new law encourages vigilante bounty hunters to find and capture illegal immigrants.
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Ithaca film festival award for best female acting. Accepted into the NY Anthology YoungFilmmakers series, Dominican Film Festival in New York, and the Seneca Film Festival.
Wonderland
March 2018
A horrifically fantastical fever dream. This visual cine-poem delves into one man's worst nightmares...
Road Rose
March 2016
Jake and Milli died on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere, but how did it happen? This short explores themes of innocence, trust, betrayal and fear...oh and it's all in french.
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Accepted into the Festival de Cortometrajes "Jose Francisco Rosado" PACAS, and Paura. Festival Internacional de Cine de Terror
RUIN
January 2016
In a post-apocalyptic world, a lone figure searches for the loved one he left behind. A story of love, brotherhood, and what happens when the planet fights back.
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Accepted into the Nouvelle Lumiere Festival, Kansas
Cigars and Cider
March 2017
A black and white music video for upcoming artist Luke Harbour aka "SKIPPY". This song "Cigars and Cider" was inspired by the artists experiences in London, UK.
