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.
Filmography
Composer Year Title Notes 1994Jump 1996Around the Block 1998Reflections of a Sensitive ManGirl 1999Wildflowers 2004The Undeserved2008Paper Covers Rock 2010Don't Go in the Woods2013Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery 2015The Preppie Connection 2016Supermoto2018The Sentence 2020Born to Play 2021Make Him Known 2024Bliss
Producer Year Title Notes 2009The New Tenants 2010Don't Go in the Woods Also screenwriter 2012Living Together ExecutiveRobot & Frank 2014God's Pocket Infinitely Polar Bear 2015Cop Car The Runner Executive 2016Other People The Rehearsal Executive 2017Permanent The Hero 2018Hearts Beat Loud An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn The Sentence 2019Lazy Susan ExecutiveOnce Upon a River ExecutiveSwallow Executive 2020Born to Play The Heart Still Hums ExecutiveThe Last ShiftFarewell AmorThe Truffle Hunters ExecutiveUs Kids 2021Another Hayride Long WeekendNot Going Quietly ExecutiveCatch the Fair One ExecutiveStorm Lake Executive 2022Dusty & Stones ExecutiveThe IndependentBroadway RisingAisha There There 2023Earth MamaLate BloomersRule of Two WallsFlipside ExecutiveThe Wonder Executive 2024The Floor TV game showDaughtersAs We Speak Grand Theft Hamlet Executive Run 002 Executive 2025 The Perfect Neighbor Bird in Hand 2026 Soul Patrol
Awards and honors Award Year Work Category Result Academy Awards 2026 The Perfect Neighbor Best Documentary Feature Film British Academy Film Awards 2025 DaughtersBest Documentary 2026 The Perfect Neighbor Cinema Eye Honors 2025DaughtersOutstanding Non-Fiction Feature 2026The Perfect Neighbor Gotham Independent Film Awards2025The Perfect Neighbor Best DocumentaryIndependent Spirit Awards 2017 Other PeopleBest First Feature 2024 Earth Mamar 2026 The Perfect Neighbor Best Documentary Feature News and Documentary Emmy Awards 2022Storm Lake Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary 2023Not Going Quietly Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary 2025As We Speak Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary Peabody Awards 2025 Daughters Documentary Award Primetime Emmy Awards 2019The Sentence Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Producers Guild of America Award 2026 The Perfect Neighbor Best Documentary Motion Picture Sundance Film Festival 2025The Perfect Neighbor Grand Jury Prize – U.S. Documentary Competition
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