Sam Brosnan

This is my reel. It's comprised of footage from numerous projects, both paid and personal. Most of them were pieces I directed, shot, and edited. There are a few pieces in here where I did not do all three, and they are noted below. Everything here was color graded by me.


Extra credits:

Dusty McCord - Director of Photography for Nike FB Tiempo VI, Nike Zoom Structure 17

Shawn Sundby - Director of Photography for Nike Tech Basics

Music: Steep Line by Outland

Two dorky middle-schoolers debate the existential mysteries of Wu-Tang, women, friendship, and family, as they roam the summertime wilds of 1990s Maine.

Written and Directed by Sam Brosnan

Produced by Irene Yadao and Jason Carreiro

Starring:

Zack Sahlin

Lukis Crowell

Rivkeh Sahlin

Director of Photography: Sam Brosnan

Editor: Sam Peisner

Colorist: Sam Brosnan

Title Design: Loop DSGN

Location Sound Mixer: Djim Reynolds

Underwater Camera Operator: Juliette Sutherland

Production Assistants: Andres Llorente & Erika Brekke

Music by Jesse Kivel and Wav Haven

Sound Editor & Re-Recording Mixer: Ryan Gottshall

Production Company: Adult Son

A battered, disoriented man awakes in the woods, confused as to how he arrived there. The murky, celestial events of the previous night begin to unfold in flashback as he frantically races through the woods in a blind, desperate panic to get home to his family.

Best Sci-Fi Short: Venice Shorts

Meritorious Appreciation: Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival

Official Selection: Portland Film Festival

Director: Sam Brosnan

Producer: Jason Carreiro

Writers: Jason Carreiro, Sam Brosnan

Starring:

Ian Carlsen

Marjolaine Whittlesey

Rhys Olivia Cote

Director of Photography: Sam Brosnan

Editor: Sam Brosnan

Colorist: Sam Brosnan

VFX: Jacob Robert

Title Design: Loop DSGN

Sound Mixer: Joseph Hyland

Sound Editor: Ryan Gottshall

Music:

Jameson Nathan Jones, Monobox, Ivan Grigorashchuk, Becky Brosnan

Music licensed by Audiio

© Adult Son

Official music video for Puzzles in the Grass, from ‘Life and Death at Party Rock’

We used the simple demo version of the song because it fit the mood of the video.

Directors: Irene Yadao + Sam Brosnan

DP: Sam Brosnan

Editor: Irene Yadao

Colorist: Sam Brosnan

Cast: Jesse Kivel + Evan Obercian

I directed and shot this music video for Dora. Filmed over 2 days in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, using almost entirely natural light.

Producer: Irene Yadao

PA & Title Design: Jason Carreiro

Camera: Sony FX3

Lenses: Sony 35mm 1.4 GM, Sony 24mm 1.4 GM, Zeiss 55mm 1.8

Edited and graded in Davinci Resolve, using Phantom LUTs and Dehancer.

I made a trailer for photographer, Cig Harvey's new book, Eat Flowers, published by Two Ponds Press.

This book is a thing of beauty.

Designed by Anneli Skaar

Camera: Sony FX3

Lenses: Sony 35mm 1.4 GM, Sony 85mm 1.8

Edit and grade in Davinci Resolve, using the Phantom LUTs as a starting point.

Director: Shannon Meserve

Editor: Sam Peisner

DP/Colorist: Sam Brosnan

Music: Andrew LaVogue

Titles: Rick Parker

Special Thanks to Alex Morrow and Maine Street USA!

Cameras:

BMPCC4K

Sony A7S III

Lenses:

Panasonic 12-35mm 2.8

Sony 24mm 1.4 GM

Zeiss 55mm 1.8

Sony 85mm 1.8

Artistic explorations of my family, my home, and the light that surrounds us.

I was lucky enough to DP this film for Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters and VIA. The national monument up there is a wild, magical place.

Headphones on, as binaural mics were used to record immersive sound!

Director: Shannon Meserve

Creative Director: Teddy Stoecklein

Producer: Amanda Newton Gray

Director of Photography: Yours Truly

Editor: Sam Peisner

Colorist: Also Me

Sound: Judi Cutrone

Camera: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K

Lenses: Panasonic 12-35mm 2.8, Panasonic 35-100mm 2.8, Voigtlander 17.5mm 0.95, Voigtlander 25mm 0.95

This is the first film in the new Salon Maker Series, that I am creating with Salon Design. The first artist to be featured is the uber-talented Christina Watka! Christina is a site-specific installation artist who makes gorgeous, contemplative work, inspired by the natural world. Turns out, she also lives up the street from me, here in Maine!

All art lovers know the name Wyeth. N.C. Andrew. Jamie. But it was Andrew’s wife, Betsy, who had the most profound influence on this American art dynasty.

“Betsy’s World” shines a new light on Andrew Wyeth’s greatest works, which owe their very existence to Betsy’s vision. Shot in the rooms, fields, and private islands that have served as subject, muse, and home to the Wyeths, and featuring rare interviews with both Wyeth sons, Jamie and Nicky, this documentary short will show you that art is bigger than the person holding the paintbrush.

Camera: Panasonic GH5 -- all handheld, mostly prime lenses
Edit: Premiere Pro CC
Color: FilmConvert

Directed by Sam Brosnan, this 2019 film, whose title comes from a 1964 painting by Red Grooms, tells the story of a group of young New York-based avant-garde artists who in the years following World War II discovered the pleasures of summering and working in Maine. They became some of the most successful and important artists of their generation, charting new directions for contemporary art. Their work presented a return to realism and figuration in the face of Abstract Expressionism, the style then dominating the increasingly important center of international contemporary art in New York. Their accomplishments formed another chapter in the story of Maine’s ongoing role in American art.

Told through compelling interviews with Alex Katz, Lois Dodd, Yvonne Jacquette and Mimi Gross, the film provides insight into what brought these wonderful artists to Maine and what contribution Maine had on their careers.

I wanted to create a visual diary of sorts to capture the light through the windows, the sounds, the emotions, the mundane activities of being home with my family during this quarantine. This has been a strange time, a sweet time, a trying time, a long time. As hard as it is to find personal space, it really is nice to have everyone together.

Shot on the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K

Editor/Colorist/Motion-Designer

Director/DP/Editor/Colorist