Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian

Sam Mirpoorian is a Television Academy® Honoree, an Emmy® Award-winning, and Critics Choice® Award-winning filmmaker exploring societal themes at the intersection of time, isolation, health, science, & introspection.

His debut feature documentary, Greener Pastures, screened at over 50 film festivals between 2023-2024 & won over fifteen awards including the coveted Television Academy Honors Award from the Primetime Emmys® in 2025. The film is executive produced by Academy Award®-nominated & Emmy® Award-winners, David J. Cornfield & Linda A. Cornfield. Greener Pastures was acquired by and made its national broadcast premiere via PBS' Academy Award®-nominated & Emmy® Award-winning series, Independent Lens. Greener Pastures is available to stream via PBS, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, and wherever films are available.

His documentary short films have screened & won awards at several Academy Award®-qualifying festivals such as Tribeca, Chicago International, Austin, DOC NYC, Indy Shorts International, & many others. His two latest documentary short films have been in the Academy Awards® mix for best documentary short consideration in 2024 and 2025 after garnering acclaim. Saving Superman screened at over 60 film festivals between 2024-2025 and won over ten awards including a Critics Choice® Award for Best Documentary Short. The film is executive produced by Oscar®-winning actor Brendan Fraser and was acquired by Switchboard Magazine. Safe Place screened at over 30 film festivals, won…