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Samantha Housman dreamed of making John Hughes type of films for her generation.

That wish took her on a journey west to Los Angeles when she was 16 years old. She came solo and without knowing a single soul in the business. The City of Angels quickly became her playground and it was by juggling a job a record store and playing the drums that she found her in to the business.

When a golden opportunity to be a drummer in commercials came knocking, she answered. The set experience exposed her to producers. A spark went off and she knew she had found her path.

Sam\u2019s film education came on the job as an Independent Producer, Post Supervisor, Assistant Director and UPM. She has a detailed understanding of filmmaking at its most molecular level.

Over a decade later, she is now a producer at 51 Entertainment, a platform agnostic filmmaker-driven production company, founded by Lynette Howell Taylor. When she saw the kind of producer Lynette was, she knew she\u2019d to anything to work with her. It\u2019s impressive that Sam did and now works with her everyday.

Most recently, she produced the film WANDER DARKLY, written and directed by Tara Miele and starring Sienna Miller and Diego Luna, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in U.S. Dramatic Competition.

Under the\xa051\xa0Entertainment banner, Sam is Executive Producing Apple\u2019s straight-to-series female-focused CIA drama based on Amaryllis Fox\u2019s memoir, starring and additionally executive produced by Academy Award winner Brie Larson. Sam will also produce LADY BUSINESS, alongside Brie, who is also set to star, for Netflix after optioning the original article with Endeavor Content.\xa0

In 2018, Sam produced 6 BALLOONS, a Netflix original feature, written and directed by longtime collaborator Marja-Lewis Ryan. Based on Sam and her brother, the film tells the story a woman driving across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two year old daughter in tow. It's a beautiful indie that I highly recommend.

Before that, Sam co-founded ONEZERO Films where she Co-Produced CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, written and directed by Matt Ross, starring Viggo Mortensen. The film won the Best Director prize in CANNES UN CERTAIN REGARD. She also produced Matt Ross' 28 HOTEL ROOMS, which premiered at Sundance in 2012. Sam\u2019s other producing credits while at ONEZERO include Noah Buschel\u2019s SPARROW\u2019S DANCE which Indiewire named one of the best films of the year in 2012, GLASS CHIN staring Corey Stoll and Billy Crudup, RIDE written and directed by Helen Hunt, and Chris Messina\u2019s ALEX OF VENICE.

Sam served as Vice President at Campfire, a film and television production company with a multi picture deal at Netflix. There she Executive Produced 1922, based on a Stephen King novella, SILICON COWBOYS, which made its premiere at SXSW; and oversaw production of several other titles.

While she\u2019s been at it for many years, in many ways she\u2019s still just getting started. I think John Hughes would be proud of the work she\u2019s creating. And I\u2019m not just saying that because she complimented my Marianne bangs lewk inspired by Hulu's NORMAL PEOPLE.

Tune in as we discuss my bangs, courage, vanity credits, and breakdown the post coordinator role.

Can\u2019t wait to hear what you think of this week\u2019s episode!