Sam Dunnewold

Screenwriting

Sam has sold a heist romcom to Amazon International and has other films in development. His writing has been supported by the Sundance Episodic Lab, the Inevitable Foundation, the Austin Television Festival, and the Disability Belongs Virtual Entertainment Lab.Repped at 42 by Michelle KnudsenPress:
2022 - Finalist for the Austin Television Festival's pitch competition
2022 - Became an Inevitable Foundation Accelerate Fellow
2023 - Participated in the Sundance Episodic Lab
2025 - Participated in the Disability Belongs Virtual Entertainment Lab

EDITING

Sam honed his comedy chops as a video and podcast editor at The Onion where he cut the entirety of the Webby-nominated Serial parody A VERY FATAL MURDER along with hundreds of other videos and podcast episodes. He went on to cut for Funny or Die and Team Coco.Other past clients include The Try Guys, Clickhole, The A.V. Club, Aveda, Sprint, Pizza Hut, Kmart, David's Bridal, Arby's, Bumble, Grant Thornton, SoulPancake, Pop Secret, PopSugar, Warby Parker, Mandalay Sports Media, Bend The Arc: Jewish Action, Encyclopedia Britannica.

The Geometry Of Emotion: How Paul Thomas Anderson Uses Hot Dog Shapes In His Films To Create Mood, a comedy video for Clickhole

Lapse: Short film by Sam. A young girl living with chronic disease weighs her safety against her wanderlust. Played
at several film festivals.

Tradition, a political ad for Bend The Arc: Jewish Action

Struggle City, a comedy short Sam made for the Minneapolis 48 Hour Film Project. Runner up overall and winner of Best Emerging Filmmaker.