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Sam Russell(II)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Production Manager
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Sam Russell is known for By Blood (2015), Papertown (2017) and Umbilical (2007).
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      • 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    By Blood (2015)
    By Blood
    7.4
    • Cinematographer(as Samuel Z. Russell)
    • 2015
    Papertown (2017)
    Papertown
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2017
    Umbilical
    • Casting Department(as Samuel Russell)
    • 2007
    Tim Daly in Sacred Ground with Tim Daly (2026)
    Sacred Ground with Tim Daly
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Five Faces of Shiva
      • Cinematographer
      • Completed
    • Tim Daly in Sacred Ground with Tim Daly (2026)
      Sacred Ground with Tim Daly
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2026
    • Tornado Tastes Like Aluminum Sting (2025)
      Tornado Tastes Like Aluminum Sting
      Short
      • cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Caregiving (2025)
      Caregiving
      8.8
      • cinematographer
      • 2025
    • The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox (2024)
      The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Duck Sauce: Fallin in Love (2024)
      Duck Sauce: Fallin in Love
      Music Video
      • cinematographer
      • 2024
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely (2023)
      Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely
      7.4
      • 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
    • Model America (2022)
      Model America
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • BronX BandA: The Casita Sessions (2022)
      BronX BandA: The Casita Sessions
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard
      7.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • The Lost Kitchen (2021)
      The Lost Kitchen
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Ken Burns Presents: The Gene (2020)
      Ken Burns Presents: The Gene
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Finding Your Roots (2012)
      Finding Your Roots
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012–2020

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Gospel (2024)
      Gospel
      6.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography: additional
      • 2024
    • Judy Blume Forever (2023)
      Judy Blume Forever
      7.7
      • additional photography
      • 2023
    • Bobi Wine: The People's President (2022)
      Bobi Wine: The People's President
      7.1
      • additional photography
      • 2022
    • Vincent Brown in The Bigger Picture (2022)
      The Bigger Picture
      TV Series
      • Additional Cinematography
      • 2022
    • Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (2022)
      Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
      7.6
      • camera operator
      • 2022
    • This Is a Robbery: The World's Greatest Art Heist (2021)
      This Is a Robbery: The World's Greatest Art Heist
      6.5
      TV Mini Series
      • additional cinematography
      • 2021
    • The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song (2021)
      The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • additional photography
      • 2021
    • Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021)
      Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
      6.7
      • additional photography
      • 2021
    • Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
      Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
      7.6
      • cinematography
      • 2020
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • interview director of photography
      • additional cinematography
      • additional photography (as Samuel Z. Russell, as Samuel Z. Russell)
      • 2012–2020
    • Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Finding Your Roots (2012)
      Finding Your Roots
      8.7
      TV Series
      • additional camera
      • 2019
    • Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis (2018)
      Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis
      7.3
      • additional cinematography
      • additional photography
      • 2018
    • City of Joel (2018)
      City of Joel
      6.8
      • additional photography
      • 2018
    • Lidia Celebrates America (2011)
      Lidia Celebrates America
      8.0
      TV Series
      • additional camera operator
      • 2017
    • First in Human (2017)
      First in Human
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Additional Camera
      • 2017

    Production Management

    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • post-production supervisor (as Samuel Z. Russell)
      • 2010–2011
    • The Life and Death Experiences of Young Beth Byrd (2008)
      The Life and Death Experiences of Young Beth Byrd
      6.2
      Short
      • production manager (as Samuel Z. Russell)
      • 2008

    Personal details

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      • Official Site
      • Staff Me Up
    • Alternative names
      • Samuel Z. Russell
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