SAM EASTALL
Series Director
Series Editor
Producer/ Director
Edit Producer
Editor
Branded & Ads Director/Editor
ABOUT ME
I’m a versatile and multi-skilled filmmaker with over twenty years’ experience working on primetime US and UK TV series as both series editor (Accused Series 1-6 for A&E) and series director(Hunted Series 2 for C4) as well as directing, self-shooting and often editing single films in both factual (Killing Michael Jackson for Discovery) and specialist factual (The Psychedelic Drug Trial for BBC2).
I’ve also directed commercials and branded content and have built a reputation for delivering emotionally engaging stories with imaginative, premium visuals regardless of budget and whether self-shot or not, underpinned by an editorial strength that comes from my many years of working as an editor.
TV work
Accused Seasons 1-6 (2019-2024)
True crime obs doc series following defendants accused of serious crimes. Accused is now A&E's number 1 show.
ROLE: Series Editor
Brinkworth/A&E
WATCH HERE: https://www.channel5.com/show/the-accused-guilty-or-innocent
Killing Michael Jackson (2019)
The 3 LAPD detectives who investigated Michael Jackson's death speak publicly for the first time about the case.
ROLE: Producer/Director (self-shooting), Editor
ZigZag/Discovery
The Psychedelic Drug Trial (2019)
Documentary following a groundbreaking drug trial at Imperial College where psilocybin is tested against traditional antidepressants as a treatment for depression.
ROLE: Director
Grain Media/BBC2
Police Tapes: The Murder Of... (2018)
4 part documentary series with exclusive access to evidence, police officers and the victims' families connected to some of the UK's highest profile murder cases.
ROLE: Series Director/Additional Editing
The Garden/ ITV1
Hunted Series 1 & 2 (2015/16)
Constructed documentary series which uses the grammar of a thriller as members of the public become fugitives, on the run from specialist hunter teams.
ROLE: Series Director/ Additional Editing
Shine/C4
GRIERSON AWARD NOMINEE
Man vs Weird (2013)
3 part presenter-led documentary/ travelogue series featuring people with extraordinary abilities; shamans, healers etc from around the world.
ROLE: Series Director
TwentyTwenty/C4
Make Me Happy (2012)
1 x 1 hr. Comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti seeks enlightenment with the help of her sidekick, Monkey.
ROLE: Director (self-shooting)/ Additional Editing
Alaska/BBC4
Gangs Of Britain (2011)
8 part series presented by Gary and Martin Kemp looking into the history of gang crime in Britain from the Victorian era to the modern day.
ROLE: Series Director (self-shooting)
Alaska/C&I Network
Before 2010...
Before working in documentaries I started out in Entertainment and Fact Ent. This is a showreel from 2010 showing some of the series I worked on as a PD and Series Director back in the day.
PODCAST
An Inconvenient Death
I worked in collaboration with author Miles Goslett to turn his book about the death of Dr David Kelly into a 10 part podcast series. We produced the series independently and I took care of all aspects of the production and distribution. It can be found here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/an-inconvenient-death/id1580424011
https://open.spotify.com/show/580ruasF6cnkkYCQYhhAOB?si=9ce3d98f80734996
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