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Sam Cullman

b. 1977

Documentary film cinematographer and director

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About Sam Cullman

Born 1977. Sam Cullman is an American film director, cinematographer, film producer and director.

Sam Cullman (born 1976

Career Cullman was one of the camera operators on Why We Fight, which won Sundance's Grand Jury Prize for documentaries in 2005. He was a cinematographer on the 2007 documentary King Corn. Cullman was a producer and director of photography on The House I Live In, which was the Documentary Grand Jury Prize winner at Sundance 2012 and was the recipient of the "React to Film" Award at Silverdocs. He was also a cinematographer on Watchers of the Sky (2014).

On January 24, 2012, Cullman and Marshall Curry were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the film If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front. At the 84th Academy Awards, their film lost to Undefeated. In 2012, Cullman and Benjamin Rosen made Black Cherokee, a short subject, premiering in November 2012 as part of DOC NYC, a documentary film festival.

Cullman is a director, producer and the cinematographer of Art and Craft (2014), with director and producer Jennifer Grausman and co-director Mark Becker. On December 2, 2014, Art and Craft was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In 2016 Art and Craft was nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming category.

Cullman directed ReMastered: The Lion's Share which won the 2020 Emmy for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary.

Filmography As a director 2011: Why We Fight (with Marshall Curry) 2012: Black Cherokee (with Benjamin Rosen) 2014: Art and Craft (with Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker) 2018: ReMastered: The Lion's Share

Personal life Cullman is married to activist Purva Panday Cullman.

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1977, Phoenix
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Also known as
Samuel Cullman

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Who is Sam Cullman?

Documentary film cinematographer and director

When was Sam Cullman born?

Sam Cullman was born in 1977 in Phoenix.

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Sam Cullman is a film director, cinematographer, film producer and director.

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Sam Cullman is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sam Cullman

· Wikidata: Q7407374

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