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Laura Sams
Roles: Director
Sisbro Studios was founded in 2001 by the sister/brother creative team of Laura Sams and Robert Sams, whose dream was to create high-quality films, books, educational media and curriculum that help people discover the natural world. Laura and Rob noticed a real need for better family and children’s programming, so they set out to create stories so clever, funny, beautiful and catchy that people can’t help but share them again and again. Their work has been honored with over 50 international awards, including a Wildscreen Panda Award (which is often called the “Green Oscars”), a KIDS FIRST! Best of the Year Award, a National Parenting Publications (NAPPA) Gold Award, a Special Jury Award at the International Wildlife Film Festival and many more. They have also performed live author/filmmaker visits in venues from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in D.C. to the Chicago Field Museum to international schools in Dubai, UAE.
Laura Sams combines a Master’s degree in natural resources education with bachelors degrees in zoology and parks/recreation to find creative ways of helping people explore the natural world. Before her Sisbro life, she was fortunate to study hyenas in Africa and work with the education department at an aquarium in Mazatlán, Mexico. Now she focuses on writing, directing and making Sisbro Studios the best it can be.
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