Documentary filmmaker. My latest book, ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐โ๐๐ช๐ก๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ: ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ is out now.
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CRUYFF, the documentary series about Johan Cruyff, has been nominated in the Best Documentary Series category at the @canneseries Awards.
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De Johan Cruijff docu lijkt gemonteerd door iemand met cocaรฏne op zijn oogbollen. Stem: 'Johan liep naar de bakker' en dan een shot van allemaal bewegende benen, zes oude auto's. een half gesneden wit, de toonbank van een bakker en opeens een stuiterende leren bal. #johancruijff
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Ready to learn something new? ๐ญ
Presenting the longlist for #BIFA2024 Best Feature Documentary sponsored by Intermission Film.
For full information on all the films, visit bifa.film/news/bifa-2024-docโฆ
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The Festival is thrilled to be hosting the North American premiere of Studio 99โs critically acclaimed feature documentary Ronnie OโSullivan; The Edge of Everything, followed by a Q&A with director @sameblair on Saturday, October 19th. #nbff2024
Tickets: ow.ly/kZTY50TOwZI
Sam Blair retweeted
My documentary โRonnie OโSullivan: The Edge of Everythingโ will be playing at the Newport Beach Film Festival in California, on Saturday October 19th 6pm followed by a Q&A with the amazing director, Sam Blair.
You can buy tickets with the following link: nbff2024.eventive.org/scheduโฆ
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Need some brilliant documentaries to add to your summer watchlist? ๐บ
Why not stream some of the #GriersonAward 2024 shortlisted titles ๐ฝ๏ธ
Weโve collated links for UK audiences to catch up with docs that made the shortlist โถ๏ธ griersontrust.org/about-us/nโฆ
ALT An audience in a theatre watch the screen out of shot, with a projector beaming light towards the front. Text reads: Catch up on the documentaries shortlisted for the 2024 awards. WHERE TO WATCH. > griersontrust.org/about-us/news
Sam Blair retweeted
20 years ago, I filmed my Grandfather talking about D-Day and what followed; including fighting in the Battle for Caen and being discovered to be Jewish by a German officer in a POW camp. Unbelievable stories and what an accent. vimeo.com/340654703 #DDay75thAnniversary
Sam Blair retweeted
Finally watched the Ronnie O'Sullivan documentary. Heavy stuff. What a beautiful mind, what a tortured soul. Great film.
Sam Blair retweeted
Paperback now available! Please can I ask for a RT. Many thanks.
MUNICH AND THE FLOWERS OF MANCHESTER: A Manchester United Anthology amzn.eu/d/0VbSJqw #Amazon via @Amazon
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Think I just watched the greatest sporting documentary ever (the fact he smokes fags was just the icing on the cake :) There are so many parallels with art... he is an artist, The Edge of Everything... @ronnieo147 โ at Neston, England
Sam Blair retweeted
The new Ronnie OโSullivan doc on Amazon, directed by @sameblair, is mind blowing. Congrats to all involved.
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The Ronnie O'Sullivan documentary, The Edge of Everything, directed by @sameblair - great on the difference between how winning looks and how it feels.
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Sam Blair retweeted
That Ronnie oโSullivan documentary is marvellous. I suggest putting it on Christmas Day before someone suggests The Sound of Music.
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I think the Ronnie doc is probably my favourite sports doc of all time
You see in real time mental pressure he has to put on himself to perform and how open he is about his struggles and additions and how he copes (or doesnโt) is just about the most human thing Iโve ever seen
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So many sports documentaries at the moment are extended Instagram posts or state-funded hagiographies. This one properly slaps, and it's about arguably Britain's most gifted ever sportsperson, who is still out there doing it.
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Forget liking snooker or not - it's about the extraordinarily powerful influence our parents can have over us, both good and destructive. The mic'd up clips of him playing, often producing genius, often more or less in the midst of a panic attack, are jaw-dropping.