Biography

Samantha Schutz has currently been Directing and Producing a pilot that she co-created for the Food Network's Cooking Channel titled Eden Eats. Her work as a Cinematographer has appeared on MTV's MADE, ABC's Nightline News, PBS, The Discovery Channel's "Animal Planet," Oxygen Network, IFC, and The Documentary Channel. Her debut fiction feature as a Cinematographer, for the award-winning "Pretend," premiered at Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art and was hailed as "dazzling" by A.O. Scott, chief critic of the NY Times.

Samantha shoots on a wide range of formats from 16mm to 35mm film to all video formats, including the newest in High Definition. She sees her work as seamlessly finding the vision for any story, regardless of its origin as a documentary, television, narrative fiction, or news.

Samantha's work has premiered at festivals nationally and internationally including: Tribeca Film Festival, The Montreal World Film Festival, The Hollywood Film Festival, The Vancouver Film Festival, The Hamptons Film Festival, The Philadelphia Film Festival, Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, Full Frame Documentary Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, WorldFest Houston, New York Video Festival, Starz Denver Film Festival, Franco Arab Film Festival, Sacramento International Film Festival, Harlem International Film Festival, MASS MoCA, Womens International Film & Arts Festival.