Born in London in 1979, Sam studied at Camberwell College Of Arts in London, before completing a BA [Hons] in Graphic Design at the University of Brighton in 2002.

He made his first short film, POLISH YOUR SHOES in 2003, winning 9 film awards [including 'Best Experimental Short Film' / Melbourne International Film Festival 2004, 'Special Jury Prize' / Mediawave Hungary 2005, 'Generations In Movement Award' / 9th Siena International Short Film Festival 2004 and the 'Time Out Film Critic's Award for Best London Film 2005'].

In 2004 it won 'Best International Short' / 49th Cork International Film Festival 2004, sharing the award with Andrea Arnold's Oscar-winning film WASP, and was short-listed at over 30 International Film Festivals. It was also acquired for the BFI Film Archives and was included in 'London Calling', a permanent collection of the 100 definitive films about London which launched the new BFI Southbank building.

ZOOMER is Sam's first feature-length work.