Sam Wells (filmmaker)

Sam Wells (November 4, 1950 - June 3, 2011) was an American experimental filmmaker and photographer based in Princeton, New Jersey. He is best known for the film Wired Angel (1999),[1] an avant-garde feature inspired by the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Filmed on high-contrast black-and-white reversal film[2] and featuring a musical score written by Academy Award-winning composer Joe Renzetti, Wired Angel was well-received at underground film festivals in both Chicago[3] and New York,[4][5] with Film Threat magazine naming it one of the best unseen films of 2001.[6]

Wells' 1990 short film The Talking Rain played at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival.[7] He exhibited sections of his Vietnam-inspired film and digital media installation Fragrance of Ghosts at William Paterson University in 2007.[8]

Wells was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003.[9] In 2006, he was the recipient of an Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.[10]

Filmography

Installations

External links

References

  1. ^ Wired Angel at IMDb
  2. ^ http://www.badlit.com/?p=116
  3. ^ http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-underground-film-festival/Content?oid=903101
  4. ^ http://www.badlit.com/?p=116
  5. ^ http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-03-06/film/surreal-endgames-seedy-glamour/
  6. ^ http://www.filmthreat.com/features/403/
  7. ^ The Talking Rain | Archives | Sundance Institute
  8. ^ http://ww2.wpunj.edu/adminsrv/pub-info/Releases07/07_NJSCA_exhibit.htm
  9. ^ Fellows - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  10. ^ http://www.njartscouncil.org/news_archive_pr_detail.cfm?id=20