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Samuel Ott(I)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Producer
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Born and raised on a farm in mid-Missouri, Sam will always have a soft spot for the heartland. He's a self-taught cinematographer with a degree in marketing from the University of Missouri. He now resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Sam is best known for his work on the films In the Wake of Ire and The One You Feed.
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

    Known for

    It was good talking to you (2021)
    It was good talking to you
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2021
    To Love the Void
    To Love the Void
    • Cinematographer
      Cold Son
      Short
      • Producer
      • 2014
      Erinn Hayes, Michael D. Cohen, Sophie Giannamore, and Christopher Cornish in Roughing It
      Roughing It
      Short
      • Cinematographer

        Credits

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        Cinematographer

        • We're Doing Good
          • Cinematographer
          • Released
          • TV Series
          • 2022
        • Cult Classic!
          • Cinematographer
          • Completed
          • 2025
        • Why in the World
          • Cinematographer
          • Post-production
        • Wellness
          • Cinematographer
          • Post-production
          • Short
        • W.U.H.
          • Cinematographer
          • Post-production
        • Vengeful Heart, Pay in Blood
          • Cinematographer (as Sam Ott)
          • Filming
          • TV Series
        • Tophet
          • Cinematographer
          • Script
        • To Love the Void
          • Cinematographer
          • Post-production
        • Stillborn
          • Cinematographer
          • Post-production
        • Roughing It
          • Cinematographer
          • Completed
          • Short
        • Nothing Will Come of Nothing
          • director of photography
          • Post-production
        • Linda's Daddy's Loaded
          • Cinematographer
          • Post-production
          • Short
        • Invader
          • cinematographer
          • Pre-production
        • Hustle Culture
          • Cinematographer
          • Pre-production
          • Short
        • Ephemeral
          • Cinematographer
          • Post-production
        • Peter Jason, Tommy O'Rourke, Josh Sathre, and Jonah Ray in Barney & Herb (2025)
          Barney & Herb
          Short
          • Cinematographer
          • 2025
        • Mia Gascon, Kinley Cunningham, Ryan Gaul, Carrie Barrett, Patrick McDonald, Rachel Ravel, and Mike Millan in Bliss Talent (2025)
          Bliss Talent
          TV Series
          • Cinematographer
          • 2025
        • Mel Rodriguez in The Last Fry (2025)
          The Last Fry
          7.2
          Short
          • Cinematographer
          • 2025
        • Anxiety (2024)
          Anxiety
          Short
          • director of photography
          • 2024
        • If It Were Me
          Short
          • Cinematographer
          • 2024
        • Robert John Sudhoff, Vishaka Iyer, Anne Akhila, Yehuda Nahari Halevi, Skyler Bible, Rama Vallury, Shalini Bathina, Anand Mahalingam, Schuyler Jeffress, Tim De La Motte, Nirvan Patnaik, and Anusha Angur in Ronnie California: The King of Artesia (2024)
          Ronnie California: The King of Artesia
          10
          Short
          • Cinematographer
          • 2024
        • Shit on Your Lip (2024)
          Shit on Your Lip
          Short
          • Cinematographer
          • 2024
        • Blind Covers (2015)
          Blind Covers
          TV Series
          • cinematographer
          • 2024
        • For Peanut (2023)
          For Peanut
          Short
          • Cinematographer
          • 2023
        • Meshell Ndegeocello - The Other Way
          Short
          • Cinematographer
          • 2023
        • Brendan Fehr, Jacob Childress, Ethan Daniel Corbett, and Piper De Palma in The Alibi (2023)
          The Alibi
          8.0
          Short
          • Cinematographer
          • 2023
        • Natalie Polisson and Allen Regimbal in Maladjustment (2023)
          Maladjustment
          Short
          • Cinematographer
          • 2023
        • Harbor (2023)
          Harbor
          6.4
          Short
          • Cinematographer
          • 2023
        • Dorian Holley, Nayanna Holley - DNA
          Short
          • Cinematographer
          • 2023
        • Jacob Sorling in Death Parts Us (2022)
          Death Parts Us
          Short
          • Cinematographer
          • 2022

        Camera and Electrical Department

        • Matched
          TV Movie
          • 'b' camera operator
          • 2026
        • SCP: Containment Breach (2025)
          SCP: Containment Breach
          7.5
          Short
          • gaffer
          • 2025
        • The Shop (2018)
          The Shop
          6.9
          TV Series
          • grip (as Sam Ott)
          • 2022
        • Becky (2020)
          Becky
          Short
          • second assistant camera (as Sam Ott)
          • 2020
        • Guy Longstreet in Black Jade (2020)
          Black Jade
          6.2
          • chief lighting technician
          • 2020
        • WORKW3LL (2019)
          WORKW3LL
          Video
          • key grip (as Sam Ott)
          • 2019
        • Blind Covers (2015)
          Blind Covers
          TV Series
          • camera operator (as Sam Ott)
          • 2019
        • Abby McEnany in Work in Progress (2019)
          Work in Progress
          7.4
          TV Series
          • camera operator
          • 2019
        • Scott Michael Dunn in Fugue (2018)
          Fugue
          8.4
          Short
          • steadicam operator
          • 2018
        • Drive-U (2017)
          Drive-U
          7.7
          Short
          • steadicam operator (as Sam Ott)
          • 2017
        • Slasher.com (2017)
          Slasher.com
          3.4
          • camera operator
          • 2017
        • Death of the Hairhole
          Video
          • camera operator
          • 2014
        • Worn Out Souls
          Short
          • camera operator
          • 2014
        • Session 2601
          Short
          • gaffer
          • grip
          • 2010

        Producer

        • The Last Carnival
          Short
          • producer
          • 2023
        • Dorian Holley, Nayanna Holley - DNA
          Short
          • producer
          • 2023
        • Heather Mingo, Sherra Lasley, Mo Allen, and Andy Hillbrands in Family Values (2022)
          Family Values
          Short
          • associate producer
          • 2022
        • It was good talking to you (2021)
          It was good talking to you
          Short
          • producer
          • 2021
        • Drew Harwood in St. Patina (2020)
          St. Patina
          Short
          • co-producer
          • 2020
        • Cold Son
          Short
          • co-producer
          • 2014
        • Death of the Hairhole
          Video
          • producer
          • 2014
        • Flip
          Short
          • producer
          • 2014
        • Far from the Tree
          Short
          • producer
          • 2012
        • Flux Caprice
          Flux Caprice
          Short
          • producer (as Sam Ott)

        Personal details

        • Alternative name
          • Sam Ott

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