Professional & Creative Experience
“Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.”
Skills & Languages
Screenwriting/Playwriting
Video/Sound Editing
Directing for Camera & Stage
Final Draft & Celtx
Twine
Camera Operations (Canon 80D, XC15, Insta360 Pro, GoPro Max)
Production Equipment (Shotgun/boom microphones, Zoom H4N pro, Light kits)
Adobe Suite, Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro
English (native)
Spanish (beginner/intermediate)
American Sign Language (beginner)
I’ve always been told from a young age that her imagination was bigger than any universe in existence. Growing up in Anaheim, the home of Disneyland, my life was surrounded by magic and wonder. Influenced by Walt Disney's "Happiest Place on Earth", I learned that I, too, create other fantastical worlds for others to enjoy and experience. That's where my love of fantasy and sci-fi came from. You'll find me watching the newest hit animated show, or playing the latest video game. Although her first love is fictional genres, she's evolved into the multi-genre screenwriter that she is today. Through her years of education, Sam has discovered the importance of world-building in every story she writes.
Resourceful and dedicated post-graduate with experience in screenwriting, playwriting, creative writing in fiction, videography, directing, editing, and producing for multiple contents.
Highly professional, well-rounded, persistent, self-motivated, and extremely organized.
Has experience in working with people of different backgrounds, identities, and diversities, in problem solving, and in communication skills.
Experience
Graduate Assistant
LMU - School of Film & TV
Aug 2022 to May 2023
Editorial Intern
Family Pictures U.S.A
June 2020 to Aug 2020
Development Intern
CatchLight Studios
May 2022 to Aug 2022
Production Assistant
AFI
January 2020
Education
Focus: Writing for the Screen
Program: LMU School of Film & TV
Masters in Screenwriting
Loyola Marymount University
Fall 2020 to Spring 2023
Bachelor of Arts
University of the Pacific
Fall 2016 to Fall/Winter 2019
3.56 GPA; 3.92 Major GPA
Major: Media X (concentration in Film Studies & Writing)
Minor: Theater Arts (concentration in Directing & Acting)
References
Mary Kuryla
Graduate Advisor
Mary.Kuryla@lmu.edu
Patricia Meyer
Graduate Director
Patricia.Meyer@lmu.edu
Michael Daley
Graduate Professor, WGA
mfxdaley@gmail.com
Yanet Cortez-Barba
Recruiter, Admissions Supervisor
Yanet.Cortez-Barba@lmu.edu
Gary Armagnac
Undergraduate Advisor
garmagnac@pacific.edu
Catlan McClelland
Graduate Professor, Writer
catlan@gmail.com