~ Hi, my name is Samuel Beast and I'm a freelance

Moving Pictures

Filmmaker, editor & visual storyteller based in Brooklyn — I turn fleeting moments into films people rewatch. Brands, music, documentary & the in‑between.

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now_playing
Currently editing
"Salt & Static"
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scripts/
24 items
shot list for friday
— golden hour, 2 cams
— rooftop, then alley
— don't forget the gimbal!!
SUNDANCE SELECT NIKE A24 SHORTS SPOTIFY VANS RED BULL NOWNESS AESOP
// selected work

Check out my
hot reels

Open Finder → all 36 films
// creative DNA

The visual
alchemist.

I'm a multi‑disciplinary filmmaker who turns concepts into compelling visual realities — synthesizing camera, edit & story across documentary, brand and music work. I shoot it, cut it, and color it until it feels inevitable.

DirectionCinematographyEditingColorSound design
120+
Films delivered
11yr
Behind the lens
38
Happy clients
6
Festival selects
// now showing

One film,
full screen.

● REC 4K · 23.976 ISO 800 · ƒ2.0 SAMUELBEAST_REEL_2026 02:14:08
SHOWREEL 2026

Two minutes of everything I love about light.

A cut of the past year — rooftops at dawn, sweat on a dancefloor, the quiet of an empty studio. Sound on.

Play with sound
// stories

Every film starts
as a sentence.

Read a story →
Story file · 06

Salt & Static

How a 4am drive to a fishing town turned into a 6‑minute documentary about the people who refuse to leave. The full behind‑the‑scenes — scripted, scrapped, and rebuilt.

Open the scrollytelling →
// what I do

You need a
filmmaker.

01

Brand films

Story‑first commercials & brand documentaries that don't feel like ads.

02

Music videos

Performance, narrative or pure mood — built around the track.

03

Documentary

Long‑form & short docs. Real people, real time, patient cameras.

04

Edit & color

Post‑only? I'll cut and grade your footage into something alive.