Sam Grossman

{{short description|American film director}}

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| name = Sam Grossman

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| birth_name = Sam Grossman

| birth_date = May 27, 1945

| birth_place = New York City

| death_date = February 22, 1999

| death_place = Los Angeles

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| alma_mater = New York University
American Film Institute

| occupation = Film director, writer

| years_active = 1976–1999

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Sam Grossman was an American film director and writer, mainly known for The Van, and for directing various music documentaries in the 1980s.{{cite book |last= Lentz|first= Harris M.|date= 1999|title= Obituaries in the Performing Arts|url= |location= |publisher= Indiana University|page= 93|isbn=}} Additionally, he wrote several stage plays and worked "extensively" in television.{{cite news|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/sam_grossman/biography|title=Rotten Tomatoes: Biography of Sam Grossman.|access-date=June 10, 2016}} He died of cancer at his home in West Los Angeles on February 22, 1999.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1999/scene/people-news/sam-grossman-1117491682/|title=Variety: Article about Grossman's life (1999).|access-date=June 10, 2016}}