Sam Cullman

Director

Sam Cullman is a cinematographer, producer and director of documentaries with over a decade of experience. He produced and shot THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (2012) , which, directed by Eugene Jarecki, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012. He partnered with director Marshall Curry to co-direct, shoot and produce IF A TREE FALLS (2011), which received the U.S. Documentary Editing Award at Sundance 2011 and then later, a nomination for a 2011 Best Documentary Feature Academy Award®. Cullman’s cinematography has appeared in dozens of documentaries including REAGAN (2011), KING CORN (2006), and WHY WE FIGHT (2005). A graduate of Brown University (1999) with Honors in Visual Art and a second major in Urban Studies, Sam currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.