Sam Arbor is an Iris Prize winning writer-director. Sam's films seek to tell exciting stories with a strikingly bold truth at their heart. Their short films have premiered on Short of the Week, and at festivals such as Rhode Island Film Festival and Flickerfest, where Baba won the Best Rainbow Short Award. Sam was also the recipient of a BFI Future New Talent Award. In television, Sam's television directing debut won him the Edinburgh TV Foundation's Best Debut Director award (for Dead Hot). They have also directed second unit on Heartstopper (Netflix) and Pride and Prejudice (Netflix). Sam is currently working on two feature projects, The Tip of the Tongue and Pretty Paulie Perkins. Sam is represented for writing and directing by Matthew Bates at Sayle Screen.