Sam Ball
Director, Co-Founder at Citizen Film- Claim this Profile
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As my mentor and teacher in Citizen Film's New Jewish Filmmaker Project, Sam inspired me to see documentary filmmaking as art about, above all else, people. As long as there are cameras and people in front of them, a good film maker and artist can find a story worth telling. Sam showed me what being that good filmmaker meant: having a good ear, a good eye and a great deal of patience and persistence.
As my mentor and teacher in Citizen Film's New Jewish Filmmaker Project, Sam inspired me to see documentary filmmaking as art about, above all else, people. As long as there are cameras and people in front of them, a good film maker and artist can find a story worth telling. Sam showed me what being that good filmmaker meant: having a good ear, a good eye and a great deal of patience and persistence.
As my mentor and teacher in Citizen Film's New Jewish Filmmaker Project, Sam inspired me to see documentary filmmaking as art about, above all else, people. As long as there are cameras and people in front of them, a good film maker and artist can find a story worth telling. Sam showed me what being that good filmmaker meant: having a good ear, a good eye and a great deal of patience and persistence.
As my mentor and teacher in Citizen Film's New Jewish Filmmaker Project, Sam inspired me to see documentary filmmaking as art about, above all else, people. As long as there are cameras and people in front of them, a good film maker and artist can find a story worth telling. Sam showed me what being that good filmmaker meant: having a good ear, a good eye and a great deal of patience and persistence.
Experience
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Citizen Film
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United States
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Movies, Videos, and Sound
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director, Co-Founder
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2001 - Present
Nonprofit company dedicated to collaborating with cultural, community and civic institutions, and independent producers to create documentary work fostering active engagement in cultural and civic life. Our collaborations have been presented on television (PBS, HBO, IFC, TLC, etc.) and featured at America’s most prestigious venues for independent film: the Sundance Film Festival, MoMA-NY, LACMA, the Hirshhorn, the Whitney, and more.
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Director
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2002 - 2008
Founded by Ball in 2002 thanks to a fellowship from the Joshua Venture Group, The New Jewish Filmmaking Project is an ongoing program of the Jewish Film Institute that produces films and multimedia projects co-directed by young storytellers. The project has produced several broadcast and award-winning films.
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Education
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Stanford University
Film Production -
1987 - 1991
McGill University
Political Science
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