Samuel Willinger

Sam is a recent graduate from Emerson College with a BFA in Film Production and minor in Journalism. In his final semester he worked on a number of projects in local Boston communities as well as a thesis documentary. Sams work focuses on intersectionality of issues, family relationships and community development, by developing connections with both his subjects and his audience.

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Sams first projects included work on an LGBTQ+ volleyball community in Cambridge, MA (LABELS). This piece was nominated for Best Documentary at the Emerson College 2020 EVVY Awards and was accepted into the Boston Shorts Fest in 2021. He also produced a film on a local public schools fundraising efforts to support an in-school swim program (游水-Swim) also nominated for Best Documentary at the Emerson College 2020 EVVY Awards.

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Sam has always had a love for the visual arts but more recently applied his documentary skills to photography work and has been working on a project highlighting the individuals that create the Chinatown community. 

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Sam intends to further his goals of telling stories that don't always get the time of day through documentary film work as well as photography. The medium is not as important as the message.