Fleischner in 2013 at the Deauville American Film Festival .
Sam Fleischner is an American filmmaker based in New York.[ 1] Fleischner is the son of the artist Richard Fleischner .
Career
Fleischner graduated from Wesleyan University in 2006[ 2] with a degree in film studies. Starting with short films in 2005, he co-produced the 2009 film The Distance Between the Apple and the Tree .
His first narrative feature, Wah Do Dem , which he wrote and directed with childhood friend Ben Chace, won the jury prize for best film at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival .[ 3] [ 4]
He was cinematographer on the 2011 film Loosies . His next feature as director, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors , was funded by Kickstarter , reaching its US$35,000 target in August 2012,[ 5] and won the Special Jury Prize in the Narrative Feature Section at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival .[ 6] In August 2013 the North American rights to the film were acquired by Oscilloscope Laboratories .[ 6]
He has directed music videos for MGMT , Panda Bear , and Santigold , among others.[ 7]
References
^ Company website Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ Open letter to Sam Fleischner ’06 , Wesleyan Argus. By Martin Benjamin. 24 February 2006. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
^ BEN CHACE AND SAM FLEISCHNER, “WAH DO DEM” , Film Maker Magazine. By Brandon Harris. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
^ Brooklyn Artists Shine at BAMcinemaFEST , NYT. By Liza Eckert. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
^ "Stand Clear of the Closing Doors ", Kickstarter . Retrieved August 11, 2013
^ a b "Oscilloscope Acquires Sam Fleischner’s ‘Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors’ ", deadline.com, August 7, 2013
^ SANTIGOLD: "Disparate Youth" , A Fist Full of Culture. By Dominic Pink. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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