Documentary film

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*Director and Editor

Sam Blair is a documentary filmmaker from the United Kingdom. Since emerging at the tail end of the Classical Antiquity period of feature documentaries (1994-2012), his films have played in cinemas–which is where his true love lies–but also on televisions, laptops, tablets, and smartphones, such is the way of the world. Oh, and on airplanes! He either directs his own films, or directs and edits his own films, or edits other people’s films. He is a low-key character. He has often made films about sportspeople and has learned a lot from them about getting on in life, but sport is by no means the extent of his interests. He is also interested in psychotherapy and money. He has collaborated with many wonderful talents, many organisations of lofty stature, and his films have played at festivals that radiate with the knowledge of every human secret. He is right-handed but left-eye dominant. He is a visiting tutor at the UK’s National Film and Television School, from where he himself graduated with a 17-minute film shot in Standard Definition (SD) called SPRINTERS, which was about some sprinters. He is an ego-maniac with a heart of gold.

Filmography

Forthcoming

Untitled Silvio Berlusconi Project Director Box To Box Films

2023

Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything Director & Co-Editor Studio99

2021

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything Editor (2 Episodes) Mercury Studios & On The Corner

The Me You Can’t See Segment Director Radical Media

2018

Make Us Dream Director & Co-Editor Box To Box Films

2017

3/4 Editing Consultant Chaconna Films

2016

Keep Quiet Co-Director Passion Pictures & AJH Films

Captive Director (1 Episode) Netflix & Lightbox

2015

Saturday Editor Magnified Pictures

2014

Maradona ’86 Director & Editor Passion Pictures & ESPN

Waltz Co-Director & Editor RFP & Channel 4

2012

Personal Best Director & Editor Magnified Pictures

2011

High/Low Co-Director Samsa Films

2008

Sprinters Director National Film and Television School

2003

Fish & Chips Director & Editor Freerange Media