I work across narrative, documentary, and hybrid formats in order to explore the tensions inherent in race, class, and masculinity in America. 

I directed the documentary feature Red, White & Wasted about a family in Florida deep in the subculture of mudding. The film premiered at Tribeca and played at Big Sky, the American Film Festival, New Orleans, Cucalorus, and a number of other fests before being acquired and released by Dark Star Pictures.

As a director, I’ve collaborated with visual artists (Josh Kline, Mimi Bai) and musicians (Kalifa/Le1f, Yung Jake, DonChristian) to create short-form work that blurs the line between film and art. My most recent collaboration is Meter & Light, an ongoing 3-channel video installation project with Zain Alam.

As a DP, I’ve shot a pair of narrative features and all kinds of commercial projects, documentaries, shorts, and music videos. I own a Canon C300 Mark II along with a lighting package and sound kit that are well suited for documentary and branded content projects. 

Right now I’m shooting documentary and commercial work while developing my first narrative feature as a writer/director.

If you’re interested in working together, drop me a line at:

samjoneswho (at) gmail (dot) com

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You can see more of my work on Vimeo

& my credits on IMDb

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