
Directing
Samuel McIntosh
Known for
Directing
Credits
7 titles
Samuel McIntosh is a writer and director based in Los Angeles, California. His films have played festivals around the world, including Beyond Fest, Brooklyn Horror, New/Next Fest, and Champs-Élysées. His work is surreal and cinematic, often exploring themes of dreams, loneliness, structures of power, and featuring textured, poetic visuals. His film METAL (distributed by Next Films Fr) premiered at Champs-Élysées 2025, where it won the Audience Award for Best American Short.
Known for
10.0A directionless young man contemplates his aspirations whilst on a dirty job.
Interstate
2022
NRIn a dark industrial world, a peasant is bound and led by an emissary of the new state toward certain death. Shot on 16mm Kodak film.
Bound
2019
NRA man in a metal helmet, chained up in a basement with nothing but cartoons to keep him company, escapes one night and finds himself searching for somewhere to belong.
Metal
2025
NRTwo best friends, from South Central Los Angeles, fantasize about living lavishly when a credit card pre-approval letter with no set spending limit suddenly arrives in the mail.
The Dispute
2019
Behind the camera
10.0A directionless young man contemplates his aspirations whilst on a dirty job.
Interstate
2022
10.0A directionless young man contemplates his aspirations whilst on a dirty job.
Interstate
2022
NRIn a dark industrial world, a peasant is bound and led by an emissary of the new state toward certain death. Shot on 16mm Kodak film.
Bound
2019
NRIn a dark industrial world, a peasant is bound and led by an emissary of the new state toward certain death. Shot on 16mm Kodak film.
Bound
2019
NRA man in a metal helmet, chained up in a basement with nothing but cartoons to keep him company, escapes one night and finds himself searching for somewhere to belong.
Metal
2025
NRA man in a metal helmet, chained up in a basement with nothing but cartoons to keep him company, escapes one night and finds himself searching for somewhere to belong.
Metal
2025
NRTwo best friends, from South Central Los Angeles, fantasize about living lavishly when a credit card pre-approval letter with no set spending limit suddenly arrives in the mail.
The Dispute
2019
