Sam Bisbee
Sam Bisbee is an American independent film producer and composer. He is a co-winner of the Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking in 2019 and Academy Award and British Academy Film Awards nominated producer.
Biography
Bisbee graduated from Columbia University in 1990. After graduating from college, he worked as a songwriter, composer, and music producer. He is the brother of sculptor John Bisbee.Bisbee has composed scores for movies, including the 2000 film Wildflowers and signed a publishing deal with Nettwerk in 2008. He also co-wrote the script and composed the score for movies Don't Go in the Woods, Mall, and produced The New Tenants, which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2010.
Bisbee is a founding partner of Park Pictures Features, where he produced, and brought 13 films to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Prize-winning Robot & Frank and the Golden Globe-nominated Infinitely Polar Bear. His company won the 2019 Cannes Lions Palme d'Or, awarded to the top production company of the year and the company won a total of 19 awards at the festival.
He was nominated for the 2017 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature for co-producing the comedy-drama Other People. In 2018 he produced The Sentence for which he was honored with the Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking.
In 2024 he co-produced Daughters for which he won a Peabody Awards and received his first nomination at the British Academy Film Awards.
In 2025 Bisbee produced The Perfect Neighbor, documentary film directed by Geeta Gandbhir about the killing of Ajike Owens, for which received nominations at the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.