Sam Firth

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Place of Birth United Kingdom

Sam Firth

Biography

Sam Firth is based and makes work in the Highlands of Scotland. Her films explore the boundaries between documentary, fiction, science and art, personal experience and wider context. Her work has been described as playful and visually poetic, making the everyday cinematic. She is best known for experimental documentary filmmaking. Her first film, I.D., won awards internationally, her second film, THE WORM INSIDE, was selected by Sight & Sound in its eight highlights of the London Short Film Festival. Together they form part of a triptych exploring personal experience that culminates with the year-long project STAY THE SAME, a cross platform piece exploring our relationship with time funded by Creative Scotland and the BFI. Stay the Same has won numerous awards and is still being screened international. Sam has her own independent production company Lacunae Films (formerly Tiny Spark Productions) which she set up in order to produce her work. She has also produces community film projects has won awards for her work with children and young people.

Known For

Director

2021
2021
The Wolf Suit

as Director

2013
Stay the Same

as Director

2009
I.D.

as Director

Producer

The Organist

as Executive Producer

2023
Salesmen

as Executive Producer

2023
Fly-Tipping

as Executive Producer

2021
The Wolf Suit

as Producer

2021
My Sunshine

as Executive Producer

2020
UFO

as Executive Producer

2020
The Mug

as Executive Producer

2020
Hunters

as Executive Producer

2019
Up in Smoke

as Executive Producer

2019
White Smoke

as Executive Producer

2019
Look Up

as Executive Producer

Actor

2021
2013
Stay the Same

as Herself

2009
I.D.

as Herself

Crew

2021
The Wolf Suit

as Cinematography

Editor

2021
The Wolf Suit

as Editor

Writer