Ian Samuels
{{Short description|American film director}}
Ian Samuels is an American filmmaker.{{cite magazine|title=Ian Samuels|magazine=Filmmaker|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/ian-samuels/|accessdate=March 1, 2024}}{{cite magazine|last=Keogan|first=Natalia|title=Watch: Ian Samuels's Kathleen Hanna-Voiced 2015 Short Myrna the Monster|date=July 20, 2023|magazine=Filmmaker|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/122229-watch-ian-samuels-2015-short-myrna-the-monster/|accessdate=March 1, 2024}} He directed the film The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021).{{cite news|last=Deniger|first=Rio|title=Q&A: Director Ian Samuels talks authenticity, positivity in his coming-of-age film|date=February 20, 2021|newspaper=Daily Bruin|url=https://dailybruin.com/2021/02/10/qa-director-ian-samuels-talks-authenticity-positivity-in-his-coming-of-age-film|accessdate=March 1, 2024}}
Biography
Samuels grew up in Massachusetts.{{Cite web |last=Fitzpatrick |first=Kyle |date=2016-08-16 |title=Chris Turnham & Ian Samuels |url=http://fellowresident.com/interview/chris-turnham-ian-samuels/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Fellow Resident |language=en-GB}} He studied film and literature at Bard College before moving to New York to work at Sesame Street. Samuels then moved to CalArts to study directing.{{Cite web |last=Clift |first=Tom |date=2013-01-20 |title=Short Stuff: Moving Interspecies Romance in Ian Samuels' 'Caterwaul' |url=http://moviemezzanine.com/short-stuff-moving-interspecies-romance-in-ian-samuels-caterwaul/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Movie Mezzanine |language=en-US}} In 2015, MTV commissioned Samuels to create the short Myrna the Monster, about a three foot tall puppet struggling to make connections in Los Angeles. The film screened at South by Southwest.{{Cite web |last=Csarmann |first=Georg |date=2023-07-20 |title=Myrna the Monster - a short film by Ian Samuels |url=https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2023/07/20/myrna-the-monster |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Short of the Week}}
Filmography
- Caterwaul (short; 2012)
- Myrna the Monster (2015)
- Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)
- The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
References
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External links
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Category:Film directors from Massachusetts