
Sam Osborn (he/him) is a director and editor based in Los Angeles. His most recent film Going Varsity in Mariachi, co-directed with Alejandra Vasquez, premiered at Sundance 2023 and won the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award in the U.S. Documentary Competition. It went on to screen at festivals worldwide and is currently streaming on Netflix. Sam’s debut feature documentary, Universe, follows Wallace Roney, the only protege of Miles Davis; it was awarded Best Music Documentary by the International Documentary Association in 2020.
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