Sam Scott

Samantha Jane Scott is a New Zealand theatre and television director. She established the Maidment Youth Theatre (now Massive Theatre Company) in 1991. In 2013 Scott was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to theatre.

Early life and education Scott grew up in Auckland, and attended Westlake Girls High School. Her great-grandmother was feminist and activist Miriam Soljak. Her grandmother, Miriam's daughter, was trade unionist and anti-abortion campaigner Connie Purdue. She also trained at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in London.

Honours and awards Scott won the NEXT Woman of the Year: Arts & Culture award in 2019.

In the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to theatre.

Personal life Scott's partner is actor and drama teacher Robert Pollock.