Sam Bisbee
{{short description|American film producer}}
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| education = Columbia University (BA)
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| occupation = film producer and composer
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| relatives = John Bisbee (brother)
| awards = Emmy Award (2019)
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Sam Bisbee is an American independent film producer and composer. He is a co-winner of the Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking in 2019, and in 2021 was nominated for a Peabody Award.
Biography
Bisbee graduated from Columbia University in 1990.{{Cite web|title=Alumni in the News {{!}} Columbia College Today|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/may_jun10/around_the_quads6|access-date=2022-02-03|website=www.college.columbia.edu}} After graduating from college, he worked as a songwriter, composer, and music producer.{{Cite web |last=Solzman |first=Danielle |date=2018-02-28 |title=Sundance 2018: Sam Bisbee Talks The Sentence & More |url=https://culturedvultures.com/sundance-2018-sam-bisbee-talks-the-sentence-and-more/ |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Cultured Vultures |language=en-US}}
Bisbee has composed scores for movies, including the 2000 film Wildflowers and signed a publishing deal with Nettwerk in 2008.{{Cite web|date=2011-05-25|title=Sam Bisbee|url=https://piratepirate.com/sam-bisbee/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=Pirate!|language=en-US}}{{Self-published source|date=August 2024}} He also co-wrote the script and composed the score for movies Don't Go in the Woods, Mall, and produced The New Tenants, which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2010.{{Cite web|last=Zhuravsky|first=Mark|date=2012-01-13|title=Review: 'Don't Go In The Woods' A Horror/Musical That Hits A Sour Note|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2012/01/review-dont-go-in-the-woods-a-horrormusical-that-hits-a-sour-note-254292/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=IndieWire|language=en}}
Bisbee is a founding partner of Park Pictures Features, where he produced, and brought 13 films to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Prize-winning Robot & Frank and the Golden Globe-nominated Infinitely Polar Bear. His company won the 2019 Cannes Lions Palme d'Or, awarded to the top production company of the year and the company won a total of 19 awards at the festival.{{Cite web|last=Siegel|first=Tatiana|date=2020-01-27|title=Why Commercial Producers Are Entering the Unpredictable Indie Movie Market|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/why-commercial-producers-are-making-inroads-unpredictable-indie-movie-market-1271547/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Park Pictures Wins 2019 Cannes Lions Palme D'Or {{!}} LBBOnline|url=https://www.lbbonline.com/news/park-pictures-wins-2019-cannes-lions-palme-dor|access-date=2022-02-03|website=www.lbbonline.com|language=en}}
He was nominated for the 2017 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature for co-producing the comedy-drama Other People.{{Cite web|last=Nordyke|first=Kimberly|date=2017-02-25|title=Spirit Awards: The Complete Winners List|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2017-independent-spirit-award-winners-complete-list-966489/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}} He is the brother of sculptor John Bisbee.
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0083851|name=Sam Bisbee}}
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Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners
Category:American film production company founders