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Sam Shapson

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Sam Shapson
Sam Shapson is known for The King in Yellow (2025), Missing (2023) and Control Freak (2025).
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    Known for

    Michael Emery Budd, Alex Reynoso, and Haley Baird in The King in Yellow (2025)
    The King in Yellow
    Short
    • Director
    • 2025
    Nia Long and Storm Reid in Missing (2023)
    Missing
    7.1
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2023
    Control Freak (2025)
    Control Freak
    4.5
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2025
    Jesse Eisenberg in Manodrome (2023)
    Manodrome
    4.8
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2023

    Credits

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    Director

    • Newcomer
      • director
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Michael Emery Budd, Alex Reynoso, and Haley Baird in The King in Yellow (2025)
      The King in Yellow
      Short
      • director
      • 2025
    • The Offer (2021)
      The Offer
      Short
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Refuge
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Thresher (2014)
      Thresher
      6.6
      Short
      • co-director
      • 2014
    • The Treehouse (2012)
      The Treehouse
      7.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Harvest (2012)
      Harvest
      9.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012

    Writer

    • Newcomer
      • writer
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Michael Emery Budd, Alex Reynoso, and Haley Baird in The King in Yellow (2025)
      The King in Yellow
      Short
      • writer
      • 2025
    • The Offer (2021)
      The Offer
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Thresher (2014)
      Thresher
      6.6
      Short
      • written by
      • 2014
    • Harvest (2012)
      Harvest
      9.0
      Short
      • writer
      • 2012

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Control Freak (2025)
      Control Freak
      4.5
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Push (2024)
      Push
      4.6
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • Laz Alonso, Abbie Cornish, Silas Weir Mitchell, Moon Bloodgood, Justin H. Min, and Josefine Lindegaard in Detained (2024)
      Detained
      4.9
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • Rainn Wilson in Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss (2023)
      Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss
      7.7
      TV Series
      • associate director
      • 2023
    • Clock (2023)
      Clock
      5.0
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Jesse Eisenberg in Manodrome (2023)
      Manodrome
      4.8
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Nia Long and Storm Reid in Missing (2023)
      Missing
      7.1
      • first assistant director: additional photography
      • 2023
    • Oliver Tree in Oliver Tree: Suitcase Full of Cash (2022)
      Oliver Tree: Suitcase Full of Cash
      5.6
      Music Video
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Rattled! (2022)
      Rattled!
      4.6
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Pete Davidson, Colson Baker, Gata, Megan Fox, Boo Johnson, Whitney Cummings, Becky G, Zach Villa, Dove Cameron, and Mod Sun in Good Mourning (2022)
      Good Mourning
      3.2
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Who You Are (2019)
      Who You Are
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Machine Gun Kelly & Yungblud & Travis Barker: I Think I'm Okay (2019)
      Machine Gun Kelly & Yungblud & Travis Barker: I Think I'm Okay
      8.7
      Music Video
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Milk and Cookies: Walter's Revenge (2018)
      Milk and Cookies: Walter's Revenge
      5.5
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Mysterious Ways (2018)
      Mysterious Ways
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2018
    • Poppy in I'm Poppy (2018)
      I'm Poppy
      5.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2018

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      Good Mourning, his second feature as a first assistant director, won the 2022 Razzie Award for Worst Director.

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