Sam Cullman (born 1976) is a cinematographer, director and editor of
documentaries, and the founder of Yellow Cake Films, a film production
company.Cullman graduated from Brown University in 1999, receiving a
degree in Urban Studies and Visual Arts.Cullman was one of the camera
operators on Why We Fight, which won Sundance's Grand Jury Prize for
documentaries in 2005. He was a cinematographer on the 2007
documentary King Corn. Cullman was a producer and director of
photography on The House I Live In, which was the Documentary Grand
Jury Prize winner at Sundance 2012 and was the recipient of the "React
to Film" Award at Silverdocs. He was also a cinematographer on
Watchers of the Sky (2014).On January 24, 2012, Cullman and Marshall
Curry were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
for the film If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front.
At the 84th Academy Awards, their film lost to Undefeated. In 2012,
Cullman and Benjamin Rosen made Black Cherokee, a short subject,
premiering in November 2012 as part of DOC NYC, a documentary film
festival.
documentaries, and the founder of Yellow Cake Films, a film production
company.Cullman graduated from Brown University in 1999, receiving a
degree in Urban Studies and Visual Arts.Cullman was one of the camera
operators on Why We Fight, which won Sundance's Grand Jury Prize for
documentaries in 2005. He was a cinematographer on the 2007
documentary King Corn. Cullman was a producer and director of
photography on The House I Live In, which was the Documentary Grand
Jury Prize winner at Sundance 2012 and was the recipient of the "React
to Film" Award at Silverdocs. He was also a cinematographer on
Watchers of the Sky (2014).On January 24, 2012, Cullman and Marshall
Curry were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
for the film If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front.
At the 84th Academy Awards, their film lost to Undefeated. In 2012,
Cullman and Benjamin Rosen made Black Cherokee, a short subject,
premiering in November 2012 as part of DOC NYC, a documentary film
festival.
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