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Sam Ball

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Sam Ball is a filmmaker, director, and producer. He co-founded Citizen Film, a San Francisco-based not-for-profit production company which "creates films and online media that foster active engagement in cultural and civic life."

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Film Production

Co-Director:
????  A Temple in Seattle
????  T-Shirts Manifesto
????  The Liberating Lens

Consulting Producer:
2021  Prognosis: Notes on Living
????  A Temple in Seattle
????  T-Shirts Manifesto
????  The Liberating Lens

Director:
2000  Pleasures of Urban Decay
2008  Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
2012  People of the Graphic Novel
2018  American Creed
2019  What We Carry With Us: Refugee Storylabs
2021  Prognosis: Notes on Living
????  A Bridge of Books
????  A Living Room Conversation: Mark Meckler and Joan Blades
????  A Temple in Seattle
????  Better Arguments
????  In the Maze of Our Own Lives
????  Joann Sfar Draws from Memory
????  Not Another Jewish Movie
????  Poumy
????  Students Respond to American Creed
????  T-Shirts Manifesto
????  The Liberating Lens
????  The Rifleman’s Violin
????  Under Their Skin
????  Vote by Design
????  Wendy MacNaughton Draws Castro Commons
????  Zimbabwe Wheel

Producer:
2000  Pleasures of Urban Decay
2008  Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
2012  People of the Graphic Novel
2018  American Creed
2019  What We Carry With Us: Refugee Storylabs
2021  Prognosis: Notes on Living
????  A Bridge of Books
????  A Living Room Conversation: Mark Meckler and Joan Blades
????  A Temple in Seattle
????  Better Arguments
????  In the Maze of Our Own Lives
????  Joann Sfar Draws from Memory
????  Not Another Jewish Movie
????  Poumy
????  Students Respond to American Creed
????  T-Shirts Manifesto
????  The Liberating Lens
????  The Rifleman’s Violin
????  Under Their Skin
????  Vote by Design
????  Wendy MacNaughton Draws Castro Commons
????  Zimbabwe Wheel

Writer:
2000  Pleasures of Urban Decay
2008  Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
2012  People of the Graphic Novel
2018  American Creed
2019  What We Carry With Us: Refugee Storylabs
2021  Prognosis: Notes on Living
????  A Bridge of Books
????  A Living Room Conversation: Mark Meckler and Joan Blades
????  A Temple in Seattle
????  Better Arguments
????  In the Maze of Our Own Lives
????  Joann Sfar Draws from Memory
????  Not Another Jewish Movie
????  Poumy
????  Students Respond to American Creed
????  T-Shirts Manifesto
????  The Liberating Lens
????  The Rifleman’s Violin
????  Under Their Skin
????  Vote by Design
????  Wendy MacNaughton Draws Castro Commons
????  Zimbabwe Wheel

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TV Production

Second Assistant Director:
2016  Betrayed

Second Second Assistant Director:
2016  Betrayed
2016  Married with Secrets

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