Sam Gurry

Directing

Biography

Sam Gurry is an interdisciplinary artist living in Los Angeles working primarily in the moving image. Their films untether the restrictions between documentary, animation, and imagined realities. Sam’s work has been in the official selection at the TIFF, SXSW, Slamdance, IFFR, and Ottawa Animation Festival amongst others. Sam holds an MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts.

Filmography Movies

Acting

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Upside Downtown

One day in the near future, gravity reverses. The whole world is turned upside down. The oceans lift to the skies, and a majority of humanity is lost forever to space. Few remain in the world after the flip, and they risk their lives scavenging to find food and water in order to survive.

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Upside Downtown

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The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia

8.6(0.0K)

After receiving a VHS tape claiming she's a disciple of an alien species known as the "True Mothers," Amy joins a local UFO cult, donning the name Celisse and befriending a number of other members while under the watch of the cult's peculiar founder, Ascensia.

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The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia

Scrimbles (voice)

Production

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Up Close

Hold me like an amphitheater, I need space to stretch my longing. Touch starved and hell bent, an exhale of earthly hungers.

The Biggest Wad is Mine

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Junior High is one sticky situation.

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The Biggest Wad is Mine

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Modern Queer Heroes

Who are the queer heroes walking amongst us now or in recent times? A celebration of LGBTQ+ figures who have helped push forward culture and society a little more for the rest of us. A collaboration during the 2020 quarantine between 14 LGBTQ+ identified animators around the world, the structure is based on the old Surrealist drawing game Exquisite Corpses.

Winners Bitch

Virginia Hampton was an all breed American Kennel Club judge. She was instrumental in getting the Akita recognized, specialized in working dogs, and was a doting mother to 3 sons. Two of those things are lies, depending on who you ask.

Azealia Banks, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

"Diamonds and dreams come true for girls like me" - Azealia Banks.

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Azealia Banks, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

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Reddish Brown and Blueish Green

Using a found object as a catalyst, Reddish Brown and Blueish Green explores a family's destructive journey through childhood. Much of the imagery in the film comes from a baby book found on a curb in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Inside the mother chronicles her son's life, as well as her own struggle with addiction, ending abruptly around the child's 4th birthday.

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Reddish Brown and Blueish Green

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