Biography

He recently directed the action film Blackout which stars Josh Duhamel, Nick Nolte and Abbie Cornish. In 2019 he wrote and directed the feature film Guest House. In 2018 he directed the VR action sequences with Keanu Reeves for John Wick 3. From 2014 to 2016 he worked for The Walt Disney Company. He wrote and directed viral videos for M&M's, Windex, AT&T, Canon Cameras, JCPenney, Hot Wheels, Sony Pictures, Pepsi, Disney, the NFL, and many more. Sam got his start in the entertainment industry by directing music videos for MCA/Universal Records when he was 18. Around that time he created and sold a television series to MTV. Macaroni Executive Produced a one-hour comedy special for Showtime starring Steve-O (Jackass), and directed a one-hour comedy special for Jay Mohr. Sam lives in the world of today's mass youth and pop culture marketplace, which makes him uniquely situated to deliver content to this fast changing environment. He has a passion for strong narrative driven content.

- IMDb mini biography by: Ananymous

After writing and directing over twenty short films, Sam Maccarone moved from Yosemite, California to Los Angeles when he was 18 years old. He earned his SAG card in 1995 getting Taft-hartleyed by director Amy Heckerling in the film Clueless. In 1998 a short film he made called Disco Masters was seen at a party by an MCA/Universal records A& R person. That quickly led to him directing a handful of music videos for the label, all of which aired on MTV and VH1.

He wrote and directed National Lampoon's TV: The Movie. In the film, he plays Jeffry Sutton, Dick Weston Fernandez and Chad (in Your in the Army Now).

Maccarone created and directed the internet hit "Roommates: the Series" in 2000 with Dian Bachar, from Orgazmo. In the six episodes produced for their website, they had guest appearances from Clifton Collins, Jr. and Ian Somerhalder. An episode called Clifton's Later is rumored to have been shot starring Christian Slater although, it's never popped up on any websites.

Maccarone helped write as well as sang on raps songs with Jackass star Steve-o for Universal Records.

Maccarone wrote, directed and stars in The Life of Lucky Cucumber. Cucumber was co-written by Jackass star Preston Lacy. Lucky stars Dian Bachar and American Pie veteran Chris Owen and Stella Keitell.

He was a writer on the 2006 Billboard Music Awards as well as a music video director for MCA/Universal Records. At age 24, he was the youngest show creator for MTV after then time producer John Miller bought a show called Disco Masters from him. Disco Masters was originally a short film Maccarone directed starring himself as "the Disco Master."

In 1998 he directed a music video for the group Cosmic Slop Shop which included the rapper Big Lurch who is currently serving a life sentence for murdering his girlfriend on PCP.

- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous