Sam Bisbee

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Sam Bisbee
Education Columbia University (BA)
Occupation(s)film producer and composer
Relatives John Bisbee (brother)
Awards Emmy Award (2019)

Sam Bisbee is an American independent film producer and composer. He is a co-winner of the Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking in 2019, and in 2021 was nominated for a Peabody Award.

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Bisbee graduated from Columbia University in 1990. [1] After graduating from college, he worked as a songwriter, composer, and music producer. [2]

Bisbee has composed scores for movies, including the 2000 film Wildflowers and signed a publishing deal with Nettwerk in 2008. [3] He also co-wrote the script and composed the score for movies Don't Go in the Woods, Mall, and produced The New Tenants , which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2010. [4]

Bisbee is a founding partner of Park Pictures Features, where he produced, and brought 13 films to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Prize-winning Robot & Frank and the Golden Globe-nominated Infinitely Polar Bear . His company won the 2019 Cannes Lions Palme d'Or, awarded to the top production company of the year and the company won a total of 19 awards at the festival. [5] [6]

He was nominated for the 2017 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature for co-producing the comedy-drama Other People. [7] He is the brother of sculptor John Bisbee.

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