Sam Arbor

Sam Arbor won the BFI's annual "most promising talent" award at aged 16, with a prize of funding to make a short. Sam wrote and directed short film Lifeline, which won the Best Narrative Short Kidseye Award at the Oscar/BAFTA qualifying Best Narrative Short Award at Rhode Island International Film Festival 2016. Recently, Sam has created a short for the BFI / British Council's prestigious More Films for Freedom fund. Sam is assistant to BAFTA winning director Euros Lyn (Broadchurch, Black Mirror, Doctor Who, Happy Valley.) on new major Netflix queer series Heartstopper.