Writer/Director
Sam Peter Jackson
Sam's latest short film The Space You Need (a queer romcom partly set in outer space) has just started its festival journey.
His previous short Clothes & Blow screened at over 20 festivals, won 4 awards and was released by Peccadillo Pictures as part of Boys On Film 21 on DVD/BluRay and Amazon Prime.
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In total, Sam has made 7 short films and has a background as a playwright. His play Public Property ran at Trafalgar Studios in the West End and earned him a WhatsOnStage nomination for Best New Comedy.
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Other notable projects include the acclaimed Channel 4 documentary First Cut: The Other Michael Jackson, which Sam co-wrote and narrated. And the 2018 VR film Lucid, on which he worked as a Motion Capture Performance Director and which premiered at the 75th Venice Film Festival.
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Sam also works regularly on graduate films with drama schools, having written scripts for RADA and Oxford School of Drama and directed two films for Rose Bruford College.
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His first feature Acts of Thievery, for which he recently won the pitching competition at the inaugrual Picturehouse Create (formerly Sundance London), is currently in development. The script is in the top 1% recommended projects on Black List.
He is part of BAFTA Connect.
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Awards / Nominations / Competitions / Development / Education
2025 - Picturehouse Create, Pitch Competition Winner (Jury & Audience Prize), “Acts of Thievery”
2023 - 2026: BAFTA Connect, development programme
2022 - ScriptPipeline, screenwriting competition, Runner-Up (Comedy), “Hypnotic”
2022 - ScreenCraft, screenwriting competition, Semi-Finalist (Comedy), “Hypnotic”
2022 - Screenplay competition, Kingston International Film Festival, Finalist, "On The Line"
2021 - BFI Network x BAFTA Crew, development programme
2021 - Inside Out Film Finance Forum, selected for showcase/market, "Acts of Thievery"
2020 - PFM Production Finance Market, BFI London Film Festival, selected by Film London
2020 - Nominee - Best Drama, Amsterdam New Renaissance Film Festival, “Clothes & Blow”
2019 - ScreenCraft, screenwriting competition, Semi-Finalist, “Minor Irritations”
2019 - Winner - Best Short Film, Dublin International Short Film & Music Festival, “Clothes & Blow”
2019 - Winner - Best Comedy, Beeston Film Festival, “Clothes & Blow”
2019 - Winner - Audience Award, Proud Filmfestival Aarhus, “Clothes & Blow”
2019 - Winner - Audience Award, Hamburg International Queer Film Festival, “Clothes & Blow”
2018 - Nominee - Best British Short, Iris Prize, “Clothes & Blow”
2015 - London Calling, Film London, short film project selected for longlist & development
2015 - LOCO: Kickstart Your Comedy Career, development programme
2015 - Winner - Best Comedy, Geek Short Film Fest, “Trade Marked”
2015 - Nominee - Reed Short Film Award, “Baklava”
2014 - Nominee - Reed Short Film Award, “Trick or Receipt”
2013 - BFI, Think-Shoot-Distribute, development programme
2012 - Winner - Crystal Palace Film Festival, Best Comedy, “Charity” short film
2012 - Winner - IVCA Silver Award, “SMART Kids” commercial (Writer)
2010 - Nominee - WhatsOnStage Award, Best New Comedy, “Public Property”
2008 - Old Vic New Voices, Old Vic Theatre, play workshop “Public Property”
2006 - Hampstead Theatre Start Night, Showcase “Public Property”
2006 - 2009: Factory Theatre Company, Writer & Member
2006 - Nominee - Oscar Wilde Award for Writing, “Minor Irritations”
2005 - Recipient - Pleasance Theatre Charlie Hartill Special Reserve, “Minor Irritations”
2005 - 2006: Royal Court Theatre, Young Writers Programme
2000 - 2003: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, BA Acting