Sam Longoria started making Super 8mm movies at the age of fourteen. Five years later, he raised and spent $500,000 to make his first 35mm feature film.
Longoria’s first Hollywood job was shooting 65mm visual effects for two $50 million features. He has photographed the President of the United States in the White House, was a successful "Jeopardy" TV contestant, and appears daily onscreen at Walt Disney World, in a movie with Mel Brooks and Mickey Mouse.
Longoria has shot movies in every format, (8mm through IMAX, DV through 24p HD), owned movie and live improv theatres, worked in every area of moviemaking. His work graces several Academy-nominated films, and one Oscar-winner. Longoria is a member of several Guilds, and has directed three features of his own, many movies and television shows, and one hit radio series.
Sam Longoria is an authority on raising money, designing camera shots for maximum storytelling, and getting great performances from actors, on any size budget.


