BIO

SAM I IS A DJ, MUSIC PRODUCER, COMPOSER, MUSIC DIRECTOR AND FILM DIRECTOR..

SAM WAS NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY FOR HIS PRODUCTION OF THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS ALBUM “SHOW YOUR BONES” AND HAS ALSO PRODUCED MUSIC FOR FATLIP, CRYSTAL CASTLES, CHILDISH GAMBINO, LIZZO AND OTHERS.

  1. SAM’S ALBUM “RANDOM SHIT FROM THE INTERNET ERA” WAS JUST RELEASED ON JUNE 26 AND FEATURES SIA, BUSTA RHYMES, ANDERSON .PAAK, DOJA CAT, CEELO GREEN AND MORE. SAM’S SINGLE WITH BRAZILIAN DUO TROPKILLAZ, “PERFECT” (FEAT. BIA & MC PIKACHU), WAS FEATURED IN A WORLDWIDE JEAN-PAUL GOUDE- DIRECTED CHANEL PERFUME COMMERCIAL AND REACHED #6 ON THE THE BRAZIL VIRAL TOP 50 CHART ON SPOTIFY.
  2. WITH HIS RECENTLY RETIRED DJ DUO “N.A.S.A.”, SAM COLLABORATED WITH KANYE WEST, M.I.A., LYKKE LI, CHILDISH GAMBINO, DAVID BYRNE, GEORGE CLINTON, AND A VARIETY OF OTHERS.
  3. SAM DIRECTED A MINI-SERIES ENTITLED “WU-TANG IN SPACE EATING IMPOSSIBLE SLIDERS” FOR IMPOSSIBLE FOODS AND WHITE CASTLE, STARRING WU-TANG CLAN MEMBERS RZA, GZA AND GHOSTFACE KILLAH AND A MUSIC VIDEO FOR HIS OWN SINGLE “WISHIN’”(FEAT. BIPOLAR SUNSHINE). BEGINNING WITH THE VIDEO FOR THE N.A.S.A. TRACK “JIHAD LOVE SQUAD” IN 2015, SAM HAS ALSO DIRECTED A NUMBER OF BRANDED CAMPAIGNS, A SHORT FILM FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, AN INSTAGRAM SPOT FOR PRIDE MONTH AND CURRENTLY IN PRE-PRODUCTION ON A SHORT FILM WHICH HE WILL DEVELOP INTO A FEATURE ALONGSIDE A FULL, STAR-STUDDED SOUNDTRACK.
  4. FILM SCORE CREDITS INCLUDE “YEAH RIGHT!” (THE TOP SELLING SKATE VIDEO OF ALL TIME), “JACKASS 3D” AND DREW BARRYMORE’S “WHIP IT.”
  1. SAM SERVED AS MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR KANYE WEST’S “GLOW IN THE DARK” TOUR, KAREN O’S “STOP THE VIRGINS” AND TARGET’S “KALEIDOSCOPIC FASHION SPECTACULAR.”
  2. SAM’S FILM SCORE CREDITS INCLUDE SPIKE JONZE'S CULT CLASSIC YEAH RIGHT! (THE TOP-SELLING SKATE MOVIE OF ALL-TIME), JACKASS 3D, COP OUT WITH HAROLD FALTERMEYER, WARREN MILLER’S CITY, PARK CITY, THE HBO DOCUMENTARY PRETTY THINGS, DREW BARRYMORE’S WHIP IT AND AWARD-WINNING WORK ON TWO SHORT FILMS BY SPIKE JONZE; I’M HERE AND MOURIR AUPRÈS DE TOI (TO DIE BY YOUR SIDE). NOTABLY, THE SONG "HELLO TOMORROW", FEATURED IN AN ADIDAS COMMERCIAL DIRECTED BY JONZE, WON THE GOLD LION FOR BEST MUSIC AT THE 2005 CANNES INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING FESTIVAL AND SILVER FOR ORIGINAL MUSIC AT THE 2006 CLIO AWARDS.
  3. SAM’S “MUTANT BRAIN (FEAT. ASSASSIN)” WAS FEATURED AS THE SOUNDTRACK IN THE VIRAL SPIKE JONZE-DIRECTED “KENZO WORLD” SHORT FILM, REACHED #2 ON THE SPOTIFY GLOBAL VIRAL 50 PLAYLIST, AND WON THE AICP “BEST MUSIC” AWARD AS WELL AS 2 GOLD LIONS AND A SLEW OF OTHER AWARDS.
  4. ON TOP OF MUSIC AND DIRECTING SAM HAS WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN THE ADVERTISING WORLD WITH HIS COMMERCIAL MUSIC HOUSE SQUEAK E. CLEAN STUDIOS, WHICH NOW HAS OFFICES AROUND THE WORLD (LA, NY, CHICAGO, SYDNEY & MELBOURNE). SAM AND SQUEAK E. CLEAN HAVE COLLABORATED WITH KENZO, OPENING CEREMONY, H&M, NIKE, ADIDAS, SONOS, HONDA, AND CADILLAC. SAM HAS ALSO WORKED CLOSELY WITH DIRECTOR JEAN-PAUL GOUDE ON PROJECTS INCLUDING CHANEL, LACOSTE, HERMES, ROGER VIVIER, AND JEAN-PAUL’S EXHIBIT AT THE WORLD FAMOUS POMPIDOU.