Sam Blair is a documentary filmmaker from the United Kingdom. Since emerging at the tail end of the Classical Antiquity period of feature documentaries (1994-2012), his films have played in cinemas–which is where his true love lies–but also on televisions, laptops, tablets, and smartphones, such is the way of the world. Oh, and on airplanes! He either directs his own films, or directs and edits his own films, or edits other people’s films. He is a low-key character. He has often made films about sportspeople and has learned a lot from them about getting on in life, but sport is by no means the extent of his interests. He is also interested in psychotherapy and money. He has collaborated with many wonderful talents, many organisations of lofty stature, and his films have played at festivals that radiate with the knowledge of every human secret. He is right-handed but left-eye dominant. He is a visiting tutor at the UK’s National Film and Television School, from where he himself graduated with a 17-minute film shot in Standard Definition (SD) called SPRINTERS, which was about some sprinters. He is an ego-maniac with a heart of gold.
Filmography
Forthcoming
Untitled Silvio Berlusconi Project Director Box To Box Films
2023
Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything Director & Co-Editor Studio99
2021
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything Editor (2 Episodes) Mercury Studios & On The Corner
The Me You Can’t See Segment Director Radical Media
2018
Make Us Dream Director & Co-Editor Box To Box Films
2017
3/4 Editing Consultant Chaconna Films
2016
Keep Quiet Co-Director Passion Pictures & AJH Films
Captive Director (1 Episode) Netflix & Lightbox
2015
Saturday Editor Magnified Pictures
2014
Maradona ’86 Director & Editor Passion Pictures & ESPN
Waltz Co-Director & Editor RFP & Channel 4
2012
Personal Best Director & Editor Magnified Pictures
2011
High/Low Co-Director Samsa Films
2008
Sprinters Director National Film and Television School
2003
Fish & Chips Director & Editor Freerange Media