Sam Heesen

Birth : 1988-10-06, Sydney, Australia

History

Sam Heesen was born in Sydney, Australia, October 6th, 1988. When he was ten days old he moved to Bangladesh, where he lived for four years. From there he moved to Costa Rica, Indonesia, and India. At the age of 14 he moved to California and began working on films and thinking about light. He now works as a cinematographer in New York.

Movies

Unrest
Unrest
Director of Photography
When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her it’s "all in her head." Determined to live, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story—and four other families' stories—fighting a disease medicine forgot.