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Sam Cullman

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Director
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Sam Cullman is an award-winning director and cinematographer known for If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011), P.O.V. (1988), Art and Craft (2014) and Remastered: The Lion's Share (2018). In addition to providing camerawork for his own projects and those he produces, Cullman's cinematography has also appeared in dozens of other docs for TV and the big screen.
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Known for

    If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)
    If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
    7.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 2011
    Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    P.O.V.
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Art and Craft (2014)
    Art and Craft
    7.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 2014
    ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2018)
    ReMastered: The Lion's Share
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • All We've Lost
      • camera operator
      • Post-production
    • Wild Wild Space (2024)
      Wild Wild Space
      6.8
      • additional camera
      • 2024
    • Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We Are) (2021)
      Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We Are)
      7.4
      • additional cinematography
      • 2021
    • Agents of Chaos (2020)
      Agents of Chaos
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2020
    • Lenox Hill (2020)
      Lenox Hill
      8.6
      TV Series
      • additional DP
      • 2020
    • On the Record (2020)
      On the Record
      7.2
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2020
    • The Fight (2020)
      The Fight
      6.8
      • additional cinematography
      • 2020
    • ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2018)
      ReMastered: The Lion's Share
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • additional cinematography
      • 2018
    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2017
    • More Art Upstairs (2017)
      More Art Upstairs
      6.8
      • additional camerawork
      • 2017
    • The King (2017)
      The King
      6.9
      • additional camera
      • 2017
    • City of Joy (2016)
      City of Joy
      7.7
      • additional camera
      • 2016
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • still photographer
      • camera operator
      • 2005–2015
    • Jon Huntsman, Gracie Mei Huntsman, and Guangcheng Chen in All Eyes and Ears (2015)
      All Eyes and Ears
      7.1
      • by: additional photography
      • 2015
    • Watchers of the Sky (2014)
      Watchers of the Sky
      7.4
      • camera operator
      • 2014
    • The House I Live In (2012)
      The House I Live In
      7.9
      • camera operator (uncredited)
      • 2012

    Cinematographer

    • Marilyn Minter : Pretty/Dirty (2025)
      Marilyn Minter : Pretty/Dirty
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Art in the Twenty-First Century (2001)
      Art in the Twenty-First Century
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Ayodele Casel, Arturo O'Farrill, Ali Bello, Juan Carlos Polo, and Leonor Falcón in BronX BandA: Arturo O'Farrill & The Bronx (2023)
      BronX BandA: Arturo O'Farrill & The Bronx
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Our League
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • BronX BandA: The Casita Sessions (2022)
      BronX BandA: The Casita Sessions
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Objects (2021)
      Objects
      7.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Sophia Loren in What Would Sophia Loren Do? (2021)
      What Would Sophia Loren Do?
      6.6
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • The Agreement (2019)
      The Agreement
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • USA v. Chapo: The Drug War Goes on Trial
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Roger Stone in Get Me Roger Stone (2017)
      Get Me Roger Stone
      7.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Die Berliner Nouvelle Vague (2016)
      Die Berliner Nouvelle Vague
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Class Divide (2015)
      Class Divide
      7.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011–2015
    • Art and Craft (2014)
      Art and Craft
      7.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Watchers of the Sky (2014)
      Watchers of the Sky
      7.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014

    Director

    • Our League
      Video
      • Director
      • 2022
    • ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2018)
      ReMastered: The Lion's Share
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2018
    • True New York (2016)
      True New York
      7.2
      • Director (segment "Black Cherokee")
      • 2016
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • co-director
      • 2011–2015
    • Art and Craft (2014)
      Art and Craft
      7.1
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Black Cherokee
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012
    • If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)
      If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
      7.1
      • co-director
      • 2011
    • Beyond the Spin
      Video
      • Director
      • 2003
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    Big River
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