Samantha Aldana is a Belizean-American award-winning director/writer. At the age of 12, she began putting her stories on screen?

In 2017 she received the “Best Director” Award for her short film THESE WILD THINGS at the NYC Damn! Film Series. The film was also awarded the “Jury Award for Best LA Short Film” at the New Orleans Film Festival in 2016. Her latest short narrative film, THE MELANCHOLY MAN, was invited to screen at Comic Con 2018 in Los Angeles and premiered as a top pick of The Film Shortage, “an online cinema showcasing the best short films.”

Last year her film SI was featured on PBS as well as “Short of the Month” and in 2016 acquired the awards “Best Short Film” and “Best Cinematography” at the International KIDS FIRST!® Film Festival after which it received a year of distribution. In 2016, her film PORCELAIN won the “Jury Award” at the Boston Independent Film Festival and received a year of distribution on The Kaleidoscope Kid's TV Network™.

In Fall 2017 she participated in the NBC/Universal Diversity Director Program and had the opportunity to shadow director Salli Richardson-Whitfield for prep/shoot/post for an episode of SYFY's, THE MAGICIANS Season 3. Earlier this year, Samantha shadowed an episode of MARVEL'S A.G.E.N.T.S. OF SHEILD in route of pursing a career in television directing

Samantha is currently developing her first feature film, LITTLE LYING WILD, a dark fantasy set in Belize. The film was selected to participate in the 2017 Tribeca Film Institute Network. Samantha is a member of Women in Film and Television and the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. She holds a BA in Film Directing from Columbia College Chicago.

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The Melancholy Man

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The Melancholy Man

Samantha Aldana

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