Samantha Nell

Biography

Samantha Nell is a filmmaker from South Africa. She completed her MFA at New York University’s Tisch School of Arts Asia in Singapore in 2014. In 2023, "Do Your Worst", her debut feature as a director, premiered globally on Netflix and charted in the Top Ten films in South Africa. She participated in the Cannes South Africa Film Factory in collaboration with Michael Wahrmann from Brazil and their short film “The Beast” premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight in the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for a Brazilian Academy Award. Her most recent short film “Love Motel”, shot on location in South Korea, premiered at Durban International Film Festival in 2017.