Sam Fleischner grew up in a family of artists. At the age of twelve he got his first job with Shepard Fairey, when the Andre the Giant sticker phenomenon was just beginning to take off. Shepard taught Sam about punk rock, street art, and how to skate a half pipe. In high school Sam started to take a lot of pictures and make movies and decided to study film at Wesleyan University. There he met his good friends from MGMT who would go on to make one of the most popular records of the last decade, Oracular Spectacular for which Sam shot the album cover.
After making several award winning short films he embarked on his first narrative feature, Wah Do Dem, which won the grand jury prize at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival and was theatrically released in 2010 by factory 25. Art Forum named it one of the best feature debuts of the 21st century. Sam was quickly tapped to shoot his first commercial for Puma’s world cup campaign in Africa, and soon began working with m ss ng p eces - directing content for brands like, GE, American Express, Sony, Samsung, Intel. His music videos for Santigold, Panda Bear, and MGMT have racked up millions of views.
In September 2011, Sam premiered his feature length documentary about the West Indian parade, Below The Brain at BAM cinematheque. It was featured in Art Forum, VICE, WSJ, and BOMB. In the fall of 2012 Sam will begin production on his new narrative feature, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, about an autistic eighth grader who runs away on the subway.