Sam Eggers
Birthdate – June 6, 1990 (34 Years Old)
Birthplace – Laramie, Wyoming
Sam Eggers (birthname: Samuel Eggers) is a director/screenwriter/editor who has worked in many different areas of film production, and who has worked as a creative collaborator with twin filmmaking brother Max Eggers. Sam Eggers has also worked closely with his acclaimed half-brother, filmmaker Robert Eggers, first as assistant director and co-writer on Robert’s short film based on the Edgar Allen Poe short story, The Tell-Tale Heart (2008).
Sam Eggers later served as production manager on Robert Eggers’ brilliant debut horror feature, The Witch (2015), starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, and Kate Dickie (delivering their dialogue in Early Modern English), premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and released by A24 to a terrific return of $40.4 million (against $4 million). Sam was co-writer and co-editor with director Harry Mavromichalis of the documentary Portrait of Veteran Actor Olympia Dukakis, Olympia (2018), produced by Abramorama and which premiered at Doc NYC.
Sam Eggers served the same year as editor of director/cinematographer Bill Richmond’s documentary of the Parkland High School mass shooting, Parkland Rising (2018), which premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival. Sam Eggers was co-director and co-writer (with brother Max) of the psychological surrealist drama based on Susan Hill’s short story, The Front Room (2024), starring Brandy, Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap, and Neal Huff, and released in a wide pattern by A24.
Max Eggers production assistant director-writer Robert Eggers’ short film based on the Edgar Allen Poe short story, The Tell-Tale Heart (2008) Robert Eggers screenplay The Lighthouse (2019) Max Eggers was co-director and co-writer (with brother Sam Eggers) of The Front Room (2024), starring Brandy
Personal Details
Max Eggers was born and raised in Laramie, Wyoming, by parents Walter (university provost) and Kelly (actor, dancer). Eggers was then raised in Lee, New Hampshire. Eggers has a twin brother and filmmaking partner, Sam. Eggers has a half-brother, filmmaker Robert Eggers, with whom he and Sam grew up. Max attended public schools in Oyster River, New Hampshire, including Oyster River High School. Max learned about performance and stage production from his mother Kelly, who founded the Oyster River Players theater company.
Filmography
The Front Room
(2024)
Some Facts About Sam Eggers
Parents: Sam Eggers’ father was a Shakespearean professor, and his mother ran a children’s theater camp in rural New Hampshire.
Haunted: Eggers (with brother Max) filmed in a reputed haunted house on the production of The Front Room.
Inspiration: Sam Eggers has cited a key visual inspiration as the surrealist painter Dorothea Tanning.
Awards
Nominee, Best Screenplay, Bram Stoker Awards (2019).
