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Sam Purdy

  • Production Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Sam Purdy is known for Ghost in the Gun (2019), Venom (2018) and Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
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    • Awards
      • 13 wins total

    Known for

    Christopher Weddle, Darren Bridgett, Ross Turner, Tony Jonick, and Bruce Duncan in Ghost in the Gun (2019)
    Ghost in the Gun
    8.0
    Short
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2019
    Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, and Riz Ahmed in Venom (2018)
    Venom
    6.6
    • Production Department
    • 2018
    Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
    Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
    6.3
    • Production Department
    • 2019
    LaKeith Stanfield in Sorry to Bother You (2018)
    Sorry to Bother You
    6.9
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Production Department

    • For All Mankind (2019)
      For All Mankind
      8.1
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2022
    • Jeff Garlin, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia, and Sean Giambrone in The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2021)
      The Goldbergs
      8.0
      TV Series
      • production staff
      • set production assistant
      • 2017–2021
    • Donald Sutherland, John Posey, Tyler Posey, Robert Ri'chard, and Summer Spiro in Alone (2020)
      Alone
      5.1
      • key set production assistant (as Samantha Purdy)
      • 2020
    • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
      Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
      6.3
      • production assistant: re-shoots, Los Angeles
      • 2019
    • Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Emily Spivey, and Paula Pell in Wine Country (2019)
      Wine Country
      5.5
      • production assistant
      • 2019
    • Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Manny Jacinto, Jameela Jamil, and D'Arcy Carden in The Good Place (2016)
      The Good Place
      8.2
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • set production assistant (as Samantha Purdy)
      • 2018–2019
    • Guitar Man (2018)
      Guitar Man
      • production assistant
      • 2018
    • Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, and Riz Ahmed in Venom (2018)
      Venom
      6.6
      • set production assistant: second unit, San Francisco, stunts
      • 2018
    • Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, and Jack Dylan Grazer in Beautiful Boy (2018)
      Beautiful Boy
      7.4
      • production assistant
      • set production assistant: San Francisco
      • 2018
    • Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford in 13 Reasons Why (2017)
      13 Reasons Why
      7.4
      TV Series
      • additional production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Andrea Barber, Candace Cameron Bure, and Jodie Sweetin in Fuller House (2016)
      Fuller House
      6.7
      TV Series
      • production assistant: Promo
      • 2017
    • Dwayne Johnson in Ballers (2015)
      Ballers
      7.6
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2017
    • Joel David Moore, Will Sasso, and Brett Gelman in Budding Prospects (2017)
      Budding Prospects
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • additional set production assistant
      • 2017
    • Gretchen Mol and Hugh Laurie in Chance (2016)
      Chance
      7.5
      TV Series
      • production assistant (as Samantha Purdy)
      • 2016
    • Havish Ravipati, Zanfer Ali, Jeffrey Sun, Alexander Nguyen, and Tony Jonick in Focus (2015)
      Focus
      7.7
      Short
      • production assistant (as Samantha Purdy)
      • 2015

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Taika Waititi, David Fane, Oscar Kightley, Michael Fassbender, Kaimana, Rachel House, Semu Filipo, Beulah Koale, Chris Alosio, and Lehi Makisi Falepapalangi in Next Goal Wins (2023)
      Next Goal Wins
      6.5
      • assistant director
      • 2023
    • The Fabelmans (2022)
      The Fabelmans
      7.5
      • assistant director
      • 2022
    • Pauly Shore, Steve-O, Aimee Teegarden, and Mike Castle in Guest House (2020)
      Guest House
      4.4
      • assistant director
      • 2020
    • Christopher Weddle, Darren Bridgett, Ross Turner, Tony Jonick, and Bruce Duncan in Ghost in the Gun (2019)
      Ghost in the Gun
      8.0
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • LaKeith Stanfield in Sorry to Bother You (2018)
      Sorry to Bother You
      6.9
      • second second assistant director
      • 2018
    • Diogo Hausen, Chris Markle, and Ashley Rose McKenna in Wasp-Men from Mars! (2017)
      Wasp-Men from Mars!
      7.6
      Short
      • second assistant director
      • 2017
    • Porcelain (2016)
      Porcelain
      Short
      • assistant director (as Samantha Purdy)
      • 2016

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Diogo Hausen, Chris Markle, and Ashley Rose McKenna in Wasp-Men from Mars! (2017)
      Wasp-Men from Mars!
      7.6
      Short
      • grip
      • 2017
    • Next (2015)
      Next
      TV Series
      • slate (as Samantha Purdy)
      • 2015

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Samantha Purdy

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