Sam Bailey (director)
Sam Bailey | |
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Born | Samantha Bailey 1989 (age 32–33) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer, director, producer, actress |
Years active | 2015–present |
Notable work | You're So Talented, Brown Girls |
Samantha Bailey (born 1989)[1] is an American writer, producer, director, and actress. She is known for the web series You're So Talented and Brown Girls.
Career[]
Bailey was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois in the Logan Square neighborhood.[2] She began stage acting as a teenager and received her bachelor's degree from Columbia College Chicago.[3]
After graduation she began acting professionally in the city's theatre community.[3] She was frustrated by the quality of roles she was cast in and used that frustration to inform writing a sketch that would become You're So Talented. She rose to prominence for the self-produced web series, a semi-autobiographical story about a struggling 25-year-old actress in Chicago. It was her first time directing and writing.[4] You're So Talented was nominated for a Gotham Award in 2015.[5]
In 2017 she co-produced the web series Brown Girls with poet Fatimah Asghar, which starred two young women coming to terms with queer identity, and navigating career and relationships.[3] The series received a 2017 Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.[4] Bailey and Asghar signed a deal to develop the series with HBO.[4]
She co-produced the short documentary film Masculine/Masculine with Hank Jones at the 2018 LA Film Fest.[6]
Bailey has directed episodes of the television series Alone Together, First Wives Club, East of La Brea, Grown-ish, Loosely Exactly Nicole, and Dear White People, for which she was also a writer and producer.[1][4][5]
Personal life[]
Bailey resides in Los Angeles.[5]
Accolades[]
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2015 | Gotham Awards | Breakthrough Series - Short Form[5] | You're So Talented | Nominated |
2017 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama[4] | Brown Girls | Nominated |
2019 | SXSW | Grand Jury Award for Episodic Pilot[8] | East of La Brea | Nominated |
References[]
- ^ a b ""I Want to Play": Talking with Sam Bailey". The Rumpus.net. 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ Irby, Samantha (2019-08-12). ""I Want to Play": Talking with Sam Bailey". The Rumpus.net. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ a b c Golden, Brian. "Filmmaker Sam Bailey Offers a Fresh Take on Young Women of Color". Chicago Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ a b c d e f Kai, Maiysha (2018-11-29). "Brown Girls and Beyond: Sam Bailey Is Adding New and Needed Voices to Our Narrative". The Root. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ a b c d Vickery, Morgan (2019-10-16). "Q&A | Sam Bailey". Flaunt Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ Kwateng-Clark, Danielle. "New Short Film Imagines a World Where Men Are the Oppressed". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "30 Under 30 2018: Hollywood & Entertainment". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "SXSW 2019 Schedule". SXSW 2022 Schedule. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
External links[]
- Sam Bailey at IMDb
- 1989 births
- Living people
- American women film directors
- African-American women writers
- African-American actresses
- African-American television producers
- African-American film directors
- Writers from Chicago
- American women screenwriters
- Columbia College Chicago alumni