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Sam Pillsbury

Sam Pillsbury

Director · New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sam Pillsbury is an American film director and producer. Connecticut-raised Sam Pillsbury emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 14. Aged 23, he began working at the Government-owned National Film Unit, joining a group of emerging filmmakers who were investigating new subjects and styles. Pillsbury directed seven films at the National Film Unit, including a multi-faceted study of artist Ralph Hotere, and a satirical look at workplace relations (Men and Supermen). He was also part of the directing team on Commonwealth Games chronicle Games 74, and worked both on set and at the editing bench for Paul Maunder's Gone Up North for a While. Pillsbury went solo in 1975. Documentary Birth with R.D.Laing won awards on both sides of the Tasman, and controversy in England and the United States. The film featured controversial Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing critiqueing Western medical handling of childbirth. Pillsbury also worked on four documentaries for TV slot Seven Days, which variously looked into life for a solo mother, an ex-convict, hospital patients, and young Māori in the city. More TV docos followed, then in 1978, Against the Lights, a s…

Directed

  1. Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997) — Director
  2. Zandalee (1991) — Director
  3. Eerie, Indiana (1991) — Director
  4. Fifteen and Pregnant (1998) — Director
  5. Where the Red Fern Grows (2003) — Director
  6. National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer (2009) — Director
  7. The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay (2003) — Director
  8. Knight Rider 2010 (1994) — Director
  9. Into the Badlands (1991) — Director
  10. Secret of Giving (1999) — Director
  11. The Scarecrow (1982) — Director
  12. Morgan's Ferry (2001) — Director
  13. Starlight Hotel (1987) — Director
  14. The Wedding Dress (2001) — Director
  15. Raising Waylon (2004) — Director
  16. Shadows of Desire (1994) — Director
  17. A Mother's Instinct (1996) — Director
  18. Thrill (1996) — Director
  19. Audrey's Rain (2003) — Director
  20. Sins of Silence (1996) — Director
  21. Crooked Earth (2001) — Director
  22. Taking Back Our Town (2001) — Director
  23. Search for Grace (1994) — Director
  24. The President's Child (1992) — Director
  25. Eyes of Terror (1994) — Director
  26. Between Love and Honor (1995) — Director
  27. Ralph Hotere (1974) — Director