Sam Baron
Directing
Biography
Sam Baron is a writer and director based in London. He won the Academy of Motion Pictures Nicholl Fellowship award for his screenplay "The Science Of Love", which was also on the Brit List. His short film "The Orgy", starring Amit Shah and Alexandra Roach, played at film festivals worldwide, and he is now developing it as a TV series with Sony. His short films have millions of views online and have been featured by Vimeo, Indiewire and Short Of The Week. Beyond shorts, he's written for TV shows including the BBC's "Chloe", and Netflix's "Lockwood & Co" and "The Undertow", as well as developing his own original shows with Sky Comedy, Netflix and the BBC. He got his start as a YouTube creator in the mid-2000s, and has also worked in development at Ealing Studios, as a script reader for the BBC, and in production on series including "The Hour" and "Mr Selfridge".
Known For
Varun discovers his girlfriend has a history of dating Indian men and can't shake it off.
Tall Dark and Handsome
Sam and Emma are a couple in crisis, who retreat to a remote cabin to repair their marriage. There, they find themselves trapped in a mysterious time loop that resets, every time they lie.
Circles
Saskia has just moved into her first house, but the dream is tainted by an unexpected arrival.
Housewarming
A man's girlfriend mysteriously returns after having been missing for a decade.
The Girl with a Clock for a Heart
The work and unexplained death of Michael Ventris, the English architect, classicist, and philologist who deciphered the ancient Mycenaean Greek script Linear B, are portrayed.
A Very English Genius
A man starts using an AI therapist and soon faces humiliating consequences
Useless
Sam is a nice guy, but niceness only gets you so far.
Tippy Toes
A heartbroken guy throws caution to the wind and goes to an orgy.
The Orgy
How far would you go to climb the corporate ladder?
Office Royale
A man makes friends with a young teenage boy online in this short film exploring the stigma around online friendships and our global addiction to social media.
Windscreenwiperman
As a young couple move in to a new apartment, the relationship between them becomes frazzled when Lou discovers that Sam has been hiding a gun from her.
Fragile Package
A struggling actor finds a lump on his testicle and is forced to confront his life choices.
Big Ears
In Victorian England, a free-thinking young woman must convince her newly widowed sister that life is still worth living.
Lady Brentley's End
A comedy-drama about growing up and growing apart.