BIO

Sam Kressner is a New York-based screenwriter and playwright. He is currently in pre-production on his first feature film, Light On Broken Glass, starring Academy Award Nominee and Emmy Award Winning actress Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects). 

 

Most recently, Sam has been developing a feature with BAFTA Award Winning producer Daniel Marc Dreifuss (All Quiet on the Western Front) about famed Italian cyclist Gino Bartali who was recruited by the Vatican during WWII, using his celebrity to transport false identity papers in the frame of his bicycle and over 800 Jews to safety. 

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Sam has worked with a host of domestic and international film directors such as Isabel Coixet (Elegy), Peter Sattler (Camp X-Ray), and Claire McCarthy (Ophelia). He has also sold an hour long pilot to Ingenious Media.

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Sam holds a B.A. from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is a graduate of Columbia University's MFA Playwriting program where he studied under the mentorship of playwrights Lynn Nottage and David Henry Hwang.