Sam Baron is the first born son of Simon Baron-Cohen and Bridget Lindley. Throughout his childhood he expressed many creative desires. When his dad bought him a video camera aged 9, he could have had no idea what horrors this gift would lead to.Years later, Sam is now a semi-professional director, with one feature film, two documentaries and over 100 short films to his credit, all under the banner of his indie film company, Illimms Productions.Sam has dabbled in a number of different media, and even within his film-making he has experimented with everything from live action to CGI to various forms of animation.His first feature film, "Can You Survive a Week in Paradise?", was screened at the Cambridge Arts Picture House on April 24th 2004. In December of that year, his documentary "Family Rights Group" was screened at The Barbican Cinema in London.In March 2006 he co-wrote and starred in a UK response to the "Saturday Night Live" (1975) rap video "Lazy Sunday" which became successful on the internet.He is currently in pre-production for a number of different projects, many with long-time collaborator Raphael von Blumenthal. He currently runs a website where all his short films are available to download.
|
