KILLER CASTING
Studio Feature Film - Horror Thriller Mystery Comedy Shooting: March 2024
Directed by MRS. MAC aka Sam MacAdam
Produced by Dept. 9 Studios (Irena's Vow starring Sophie Nélisse, IO starring Anthony Mackie, The Con is On starring Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, and Sofia Vergara).
TEENAGE KICKS
Indie Feature Film - Coming-of-age Dark Comedy Punk Music Status: pre-production
Directed by MRS. MAC aka Sam MacAdam
Produced by Edge Enterprises (Cascade - Netflix’s Top 10 films and horror classic The Witch, starring Anya Taylor-Joy).
THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES
Season 31
Episodes 5 - This episode was record-view-breaking Episode 6 - Halloween special
Release Date: 2023
Directed by Samantha MacAdam
Released on CBC and CBC GEM
THE HORRIBLE HISTORY OF HARRIET JONES
Feature Film - Horror Thriller Mystery - Inspired by true crime events Status: Script, Early Development
Written and directed by MRS. MAC, aka Sam MacAdam.
Sam’s IP has already garnered a lot of attention, recently selected for Toronto’s elite Blood In The Show Horror Development Lab, and Sam is currently working with acclaimed writer/director Jeff Howard (The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, Oculus), where he is providing his expertise as a story consultant
The proof-of-concept stars Jess Salgueiro (Frasier, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), and music was generously provided by Canadian Rock Icons OUR LADY PEACE
Click the image to view the Award-winning and multi-grant receiving story pitch - created by Sam MacAdam
FASHIONABLY IN LOVE
Movie of the week - Romance Comedy
Released: 2023 on CityTV
Directed by Sam MacAdam
Produced by Champlain Media, Reel One Entertainment
PROM NIGHT
Short Film - Comedy
Released: 2017
Feature version in development - Script 2023
Directed, written and co-edited by Sam MacAdam
Multi-award winning and grant receiving short film, starring Gerry Dee, Frank Spadone and Marty Adams
Festivals and showcases:
Premiered at JUST FOR LAUGHS and Top 5 finalist in KEVIN HART’S EAT MY SHORT SHOWCASE, audience favourite
Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Initiative
Toronto International Big Pitch event
CaribbeanTales Film Festival
Canadian Film Festival
Canada Shorts Film Festival
NSI short of the week
CMPA PrimeTime Showcase
Netflix-BANFF Top 25 Pitch Event
Women in the Director’s Chair: Story & Leadership program
Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Warner Bros. Discovery's Director Initiative
SHELVED
Season 1
Episodes 7 - Wall and Piece NONFIC BAN -
TOP RATED EPISODE
Release Date: 2023
Directed by Samantha MacAdam
Produced by Anthony Q. Farrell (The Office), produced by Colin Brunton (Schitt's Creek) and Counterfeit Pictures
Released on CTV and CRAVE
True Dating Stories
Season 3
Episode 7
Release Date: 2022
Directed by Samantha MacAdam
Available on CBC and CBC GEM
virgins!
Season 1
The pilot, episode 3 and 9
Release Date: 2022
Directed by Samantha MacAdam
Set in Toronto, virgins! is a dramatic comedy created by Aden Abebe that follows the lives of four 20-something year-old women who are too modest for the big city and too provocative for the East-African homes they come from.
Available on CBC and CBC GEM
SAXON
Proof-of-concept - Thriller Mystery Horror Released: March 2019
Directed by MRS. MAC aka Sam MacAdam
Produced by Cream Productions
Jessica Jessica
Proof-of-concept - Coming of Age Comedy Released: March 2019
Directed by MRS. MAC aka Sam MacAdam
Produced by Clique Pictures, C’mon Mort Productions, in association with Filmcoop Inc.