FEATHERWEIGHT
Director
Short Drama, 2017 recipient of Screenwest's Elevate 30 Initiative
GRANTIKI
Director
Documentary, 2018
COIN BANKS - Forgive Us
Director
Music Video, 2017
AH TREES - Nara
Director
Music Video, 2017
SHADOWPLAY - Home
Producer
Music Video, 2017
AH TREES - Team Sports
Director
Music Video, 2016
LILT - Wait No More
Director
Music Video, 2016
-Selected for St Kilda Film Festival
MONSTERS AS FRIENDS
Writer/ Director
Short Documentary selected for FTI's City of Vincent funding, 2016
BARCODE
Producer
Short Film selected for FTI's Oompf! funding, 2016
OFF TRACK
Director
Short Film, 2014
-Winner of St Kilda Film Festival 'Best Short Film'-
-Nominated for Byron Bay International Film Festival 'Best Young Filmmaker of the Year' -
-Winner of INDIEFest Film Awards 'Award of Merit' -
-Nominated for USA Film Festival 'Best Short Film'-
BLOOM
Director
Short Film, 2014
CALAN MAI - We've Got Love
Director/ Producer
Music Video, 2014
SEAVERA - Caving
Director & Editor
Music Video, 2014
EDEN
Line Producer
Short Film, 2014
2 DEGREES
Co-Editor & Co-Writer
Feature Documentary, 2013
RED ZONE
Producer & 1st AD
Short Film, 2013
-Official Selection Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival-
CAMPAIGN VIDEOS
Director & Producer
QLD Lead Senate Candidate Election Videos, 2013
300,000 MILES
Producer
Short Film, 2013
-Official Selection Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival-
GOODNIGHT BABY
Co-Producer
Short Film, 2013
RELOAD
Associate Producer
Short Film
WILLIAM
Writer & Director & Producer & Editor & Cinematographer
Short Film, 2011
-Winner of Bond University Film and Television Awards 'Best Comedy'-
-Nominated for FlickerFest 'Best Secondary Production'-
-Nominated for Queensland New Filmmaker Awards 'Best Secondary production'-
HER NAME WAS NATASHA
Writer & Director & Producer & Editor
Short Film, 2010
-Winner of Queensland New Filmmaker Awards 'Best Secondary Production'-
-Nominated for ATOM Awards 'Best Secondary Production'-
JANOS VS WONDERLAND
Co-Producer & Co-Writer & Co-Director & DOP & Editor
Music Video Commissioned by Amanda Palmer, 2010
Director
Short Drama, 2017 recipient of Screenwest's Elevate 30 Initiative
GRANTIKI
Director
Documentary, 2018
COIN BANKS - Forgive Us
Director
Music Video, 2017
AH TREES - Nara
Director
Music Video, 2017
SHADOWPLAY - Home
Producer
Music Video, 2017
AH TREES - Team Sports
Director
Music Video, 2016
LILT - Wait No More
Director
Music Video, 2016
-Selected for St Kilda Film Festival
MONSTERS AS FRIENDS
Writer/ Director
Short Documentary selected for FTI's City of Vincent funding, 2016
BARCODE
Producer
Short Film selected for FTI's Oompf! funding, 2016
OFF TRACK
Director
Short Film, 2014
-Winner of St Kilda Film Festival 'Best Short Film'-
-Nominated for Byron Bay International Film Festival 'Best Young Filmmaker of the Year' -
-Winner of INDIEFest Film Awards 'Award of Merit' -
-Nominated for USA Film Festival 'Best Short Film'-
BLOOM
Director
Short Film, 2014
CALAN MAI - We've Got Love
Director/ Producer
Music Video, 2014
SEAVERA - Caving
Director & Editor
Music Video, 2014
EDEN
Line Producer
Short Film, 2014
2 DEGREES
Co-Editor & Co-Writer
Feature Documentary, 2013
RED ZONE
Producer & 1st AD
Short Film, 2013
-Official Selection Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival-
CAMPAIGN VIDEOS
Director & Producer
QLD Lead Senate Candidate Election Videos, 2013
300,000 MILES
Producer
Short Film, 2013
-Official Selection Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival-
GOODNIGHT BABY
Co-Producer
Short Film, 2013
RELOAD
Associate Producer
Short Film
WILLIAM
Writer & Director & Producer & Editor & Cinematographer
Short Film, 2011
-Winner of Bond University Film and Television Awards 'Best Comedy'-
-Nominated for FlickerFest 'Best Secondary Production'-
-Nominated for Queensland New Filmmaker Awards 'Best Secondary production'-
HER NAME WAS NATASHA
Writer & Director & Producer & Editor
Short Film, 2010
-Winner of Queensland New Filmmaker Awards 'Best Secondary Production'-
-Nominated for ATOM Awards 'Best Secondary Production'-
JANOS VS WONDERLAND
Co-Producer & Co-Writer & Co-Director & DOP & Editor
Music Video Commissioned by Amanda Palmer, 2010
| Sam Lara's CV 2016 |
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - Freelance - Yoke Productions, Sept 2016
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - Freelance - Penguin Empire, Aug/ Sept 2016
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - Working at Beautiful Pictures full time, April - July 2016
(Worked as Production Assistant from pre through to post on 15 commercials during this time)
PRODUCTION RUNNER - Beyond Blue Commercial, March 2016
Projekta Pty Ltd Director: Simon Thomas Producer: Matt Grossman
PRODUCTION RUNNER - WA Housing Commercial, March 2016
Martin Wilson Films Director: Martin Wilson Producer: Nicole Beer
EXTRAS CASTING COORDINATOR - 'OtherLife' Feature Film, July 2015 - September 2015
OtherLife Films Director: Ben C. Lucas 1st AD: Michael Faranda
Duties: Preparing an extras breakdown of the script, meeting with the director to establish a brief, finding and casting 75 extra roles, communicating with them throughout pre and prod, preparing sign-in sheets for all extras before every day of shoot, coordinating with the 2nd and 3rd ADs, walking them to and from set and directing their actions in shot under the guidance of 1st AD Michael Faranda.
PRODUCTION RUNNER - THREE DAY FASHION PHOTOSHOOT- STILLS & VIDEO, June 2015
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Photographer: Paul Giggle Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Navigating crew and talent through Soul Apartments in Surfers Paradise, working in the production office during pre-production to make calls in search of locations, being first on set to block off streets for filming, co-ordinating parking for gear vans, organising meals and coffees, ensuring the comfort of the clients.
PRODUCTION MANAGER - 3 x BOND UNIVERSITY TV COMMERCIALS, April 2015
Bond University Director: Harrison Carr
Duties: Co-ordinating shooting locations, preparing and delivering call sheets, communicating with talent, preparing and sticking to budgets, managing talent release forms and managing unit.
PRODUCTION RUNNER - TWO DAY FASHION PHOTOSHOOT FOR PACIFIC FAIR, April 2015
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Photographer: Paul Giggle Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Liaising with staff and guests at the Palazzo Versace, driving talent to and from locations, co-ordinating parking for cast and crew, ordering and picking up coffee orders, organising meals, ensuring the comfort of the clients.
PRODUCTION RUNNER - LIBRARY SCRATCH-IT’S LOTTO TV COMMERCIAL, Feb 2015
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Director: Grant Marshall Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Co-ordinating parking for cast and crew, memorising coffee orders for 25 crew, communicating with members of the public accessing the location, handing out breakfast, emptying bins, communicating individual lunch orders to caterers, packing down camera gear, ensuring the comfort of the clients.
PRODUCTION RUNNER- CLOWNS SCRATCH-IT’S LOTTO TV COMMERCIAL, February 2015
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Director: Grant Marshall Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Picking up extras and driving them to location, setting up unit base, organising food and water, driving to pick up coffee orders, coordinating 10 clown extras, keeping the area neat and tidy, packing down marquees, tables and chairs and ensuring the comfort of the clients.
PRODUCTION RUNNER - QLD HEALTH TV COMMERCIAL, December 2014
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Director: Grant Marshall Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Preparing and handing out breakfast, keeping the kitchen tidy, doing dishes, emptying bins, ordering and picking-up lunch, making coffees, ensuring there was always cold water available, ensuring the comfort of the clients.
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - GOLD LOTTO TV COMMERCIAL, November 2014
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Director: Grant Marshall Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Being the first on set to co-ordinate shutting down a public road, organising and reserving key car parks, placing signs around the area to indicate filming was taking place, arranging a marquee as an extras sign-in tent, liaising with the general public as they moved through the area, being in charge of moving 50 extras including a marching band on and off set, ensuring the background of each shot was consistently full of adequate production design, clearing the road of confetti between takes and cleaning the area after the shoot.
UNIT ASSISTANT AT STUDIOS FOR QLD GOVERNMENT STORM SAFE TV COMMERCIAL, September 2014
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Director: Grant Marshall Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Management of unit base, setting up marquees and chairs in preparation for meals, organising and preparing snacks and coffees, liaising with clients to ensure their comfort and welfare on set, ensuring the crew had a constant supply of water, proactively memorising names and coffee preferences.
UNIT ASSISTANT - NICKELODEON’S Camp Orange at Sea World on the Gold Coast, March 2014
Nickelodeon Director: Alexandra Nittes Producer: Jeremy Gilroy
Duties: Setting up and transporting unit base, running meals and equipment from location to location, taking care of crew in all departments, doing rubbish runs, operating golf buggies and preparing and printing call sheets for the next day.
PERSONAL ASSISTANT, 2009 - 2013
Supanova Pop Culture Expo - Guest Management
Duties: personal assistant to an assigned celebrity, spending three days by their side ensuring they have everything they need to make the experience as pleasant as possible, monitoring their schedule, walking them to and from venues through public spaces and sheltering them from fans, time management.
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - Freelance - Penguin Empire, Aug/ Sept 2016
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - Working at Beautiful Pictures full time, April - July 2016
(Worked as Production Assistant from pre through to post on 15 commercials during this time)
PRODUCTION RUNNER - Beyond Blue Commercial, March 2016
Projekta Pty Ltd Director: Simon Thomas Producer: Matt Grossman
PRODUCTION RUNNER - WA Housing Commercial, March 2016
Martin Wilson Films Director: Martin Wilson Producer: Nicole Beer
EXTRAS CASTING COORDINATOR - 'OtherLife' Feature Film, July 2015 - September 2015
OtherLife Films Director: Ben C. Lucas 1st AD: Michael Faranda
Duties: Preparing an extras breakdown of the script, meeting with the director to establish a brief, finding and casting 75 extra roles, communicating with them throughout pre and prod, preparing sign-in sheets for all extras before every day of shoot, coordinating with the 2nd and 3rd ADs, walking them to and from set and directing their actions in shot under the guidance of 1st AD Michael Faranda.
PRODUCTION RUNNER - THREE DAY FASHION PHOTOSHOOT- STILLS & VIDEO, June 2015
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Photographer: Paul Giggle Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Navigating crew and talent through Soul Apartments in Surfers Paradise, working in the production office during pre-production to make calls in search of locations, being first on set to block off streets for filming, co-ordinating parking for gear vans, organising meals and coffees, ensuring the comfort of the clients.
PRODUCTION MANAGER - 3 x BOND UNIVERSITY TV COMMERCIALS, April 2015
Bond University Director: Harrison Carr
Duties: Co-ordinating shooting locations, preparing and delivering call sheets, communicating with talent, preparing and sticking to budgets, managing talent release forms and managing unit.
PRODUCTION RUNNER - TWO DAY FASHION PHOTOSHOOT FOR PACIFIC FAIR, April 2015
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Photographer: Paul Giggle Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Liaising with staff and guests at the Palazzo Versace, driving talent to and from locations, co-ordinating parking for cast and crew, ordering and picking up coffee orders, organising meals, ensuring the comfort of the clients.
PRODUCTION RUNNER - LIBRARY SCRATCH-IT’S LOTTO TV COMMERCIAL, Feb 2015
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Director: Grant Marshall Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Co-ordinating parking for cast and crew, memorising coffee orders for 25 crew, communicating with members of the public accessing the location, handing out breakfast, emptying bins, communicating individual lunch orders to caterers, packing down camera gear, ensuring the comfort of the clients.
PRODUCTION RUNNER- CLOWNS SCRATCH-IT’S LOTTO TV COMMERCIAL, February 2015
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Director: Grant Marshall Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Picking up extras and driving them to location, setting up unit base, organising food and water, driving to pick up coffee orders, coordinating 10 clown extras, keeping the area neat and tidy, packing down marquees, tables and chairs and ensuring the comfort of the clients.
PRODUCTION RUNNER - QLD HEALTH TV COMMERCIAL, December 2014
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Director: Grant Marshall Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Preparing and handing out breakfast, keeping the kitchen tidy, doing dishes, emptying bins, ordering and picking-up lunch, making coffees, ensuring there was always cold water available, ensuring the comfort of the clients.
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - GOLD LOTTO TV COMMERCIAL, November 2014
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Director: Grant Marshall Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Being the first on set to co-ordinate shutting down a public road, organising and reserving key car parks, placing signs around the area to indicate filming was taking place, arranging a marquee as an extras sign-in tent, liaising with the general public as they moved through the area, being in charge of moving 50 extras including a marching band on and off set, ensuring the background of each shot was consistently full of adequate production design, clearing the road of confetti between takes and cleaning the area after the shoot.
UNIT ASSISTANT AT STUDIOS FOR QLD GOVERNMENT STORM SAFE TV COMMERCIAL, September 2014
Blacklab International Pty Ltd Director: Grant Marshall Producer: Karen Hayward
Duties: Management of unit base, setting up marquees and chairs in preparation for meals, organising and preparing snacks and coffees, liaising with clients to ensure their comfort and welfare on set, ensuring the crew had a constant supply of water, proactively memorising names and coffee preferences.
UNIT ASSISTANT - NICKELODEON’S Camp Orange at Sea World on the Gold Coast, March 2014
Nickelodeon Director: Alexandra Nittes Producer: Jeremy Gilroy
Duties: Setting up and transporting unit base, running meals and equipment from location to location, taking care of crew in all departments, doing rubbish runs, operating golf buggies and preparing and printing call sheets for the next day.
PERSONAL ASSISTANT, 2009 - 2013
Supanova Pop Culture Expo - Guest Management
Duties: personal assistant to an assigned celebrity, spending three days by their side ensuring they have everything they need to make the experience as pleasant as possible, monitoring their schedule, walking them to and from venues through public spaces and sheltering them from fans, time management.