Sam is a versatile stage and film director, whose dramatic comedy Not Dead Yet won "Best Feature Film" at the Rhode Island International Film Festival and the Baltimore Women's Film Festival in 2009. Not Dead Yet tells of the lives of three middle aged women who return to acting after taking time to raise families - only to find no roles for women over 40. They decide to make their own opportunities by creating a film and starring themselves. The story is based on the real life experiences of the NDY actresses, who, too, have been acclaimed for their work in the film. Not Dead Yet will be featured at the HDFest, a Portland, Oregon film festival.
Sam has directed a wide number and variety of stage productions, including directed the 1998 and 2000 "Sabre Latin America" extravaganzas at Walt Disney World and Miami's International Centre. He was also part of the team that produced The National Seven Pleasures of the Casbah Fashion Show Event at the Emporium in Las Vegas, NV. His production of Patent A by Lee Blessing won the Rollins College Educational Program of the Year, beating out a NASA laser lab.
In addition, he has worked as a directors consultant, a term he coined, for Great Society, Maestro films, Mutt Dog, and Running Deer Films/Chel White. In this capacity, he helped the directors with everything from casting talent to getting a tricky shot right to helping actors bring the right emotion and physicality to their performance.
"Sam Hull was a tremendous asset to our production because of his ability to get performances out of the actors on set. When time is limited and the crew is waiting, communicating the essential information necessary for an actor to deliver believable performances is crucial. Sam did that without creating a sense of pressure for the performers or crew, managing to keep the tone light-hearted. Only when performers can relax enough to forget their stress are they able to bring up the powerful emotions that make all the difference on screen or on stage. Not Dead Yet succeeds and a big part of that is thanks to Sam."
Susan Hess Logeais, producer and actress, Not Dead Yet
"The thing that serves Sam so well is his theater background. His ability to comprehend layers and bring them together - without bothering you about how they got there - is remarkable."
Three-time Emmy-nominee David Ogden Stiers, who first rode to fame in the long-running TV series, "M.A.S.H."
"Sam is the cosumate performance enhancing actor whisperer."
Laura McGie, Producer/Writer, Bucksville