Sam Bisbee is an American

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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.

Biography

Bisbee graduated from Columbia University in 1990. After graduating from college, he worked as a songwriter, composer, and music producer. Bisbee has composed scores for movies, including the 2000 film ''Wildflowers'' and signed a publishing deal with Nettwerk in 2008. He also co-wrote the script and composed the score for movies ''Don't Go in the Woods'', ''Mall'', and produced ''

The New Tenants ''The New Tenants'' is a 21-minute Danish-American short film directed by Joachim Back. The film follows a couple who, upon moving into a new apartment, are terrorized by a drug dealer, looking to settle a score with the previous owner. The screen ...

'', which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2010. Bisbee is a founding partner of Park Pictures Features, where he produced, and brought 13 films to premiere at the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

, including the

Alfred P. Sloan Prize The Alfred P. Sloan Prize is an award given each year, starting in 2003, to a film at the Sundance Film Festival. The prize is given to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme, or depicts a scientist, engineer, or mathemat ...

-winning '' Robot & Frank'' and the

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-nominated ''

Infinitely Polar Bear ''Infinitely Polar Bear'' is a 2014 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Maya Forbes, and starring Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, and Ashley Aufderheide. The film premiered in competition at the 30th Sundance Fil ...

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bisbee, Sam Living people American producers American composers Primetime Emmy Award winners American independent film production company founders Columbia College (New York) alumni American film producers Year of birth missing (living people)