Sam Huntley

Born in London in 1979, Sam studied at Camberwell College Of Arts in London, before completing a BA Hons in Graphic Design at the University of Brighton in 2002.

He made his first short film, Polish your shoes in 2003, winning 9 film awards including Best Experimental Short Film / Melbourne International Film Festival 2004, Special Jury Prize / Mediawave Hungary 2005 and Time Out Film Critic’s Award for Best London Film 2005.

In 2004 it won Best International Short / 49th Cork International Film Festival 2004, where it shared the award with Andrea Arnold’s Oscar-winning film WASP, and was short-listed at over 30 International Film Festivals.
It was also acquired for the BFI Film Archives and was included in London Calling, a permanent collection of the 100 definitive films about London which launched the new BFI Southbank building.

The film Polish your shoes was featured in the June 2010 program: Systems program
ZOOMER is Sam’s feature-length debut.

Awards (Polish your shoes)

Special Jury Prize / Mediawave Hungary 2005, Hungary
Raindance East Jury Award for Best Short Film 2005, London
Time Out Film Critic’s Award for Best London Film 2005, London
Best International Short Film / 49th Cork International Film Festival 2004, Ireland
Best Experimental Short Film / Melbourne International Film Festival 2004, Australia
Generations In Movement Award / 9th Siena International Short Film Festival 2004, Italy
Best Fictional Short Film / BBC’s Night Of Many Stars 2004, London
Judges First Prize / Big Issue Film Festival 2003, London
Audience Award / Big Issue Film Festival 2003, London

Read more on Huntley and Polish your shoes: Artists database
Official website: www.samhuntley.com