Sam Watson
@sambwrite.bsky.social
Black, Biracial, Ukrainian American TV screenwriter exploring my perpetual identity crisis on the page. #scriptsky Rep: Logical Talent MGMT l Слава Україні 🇺🇦✊🏾
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Sam Watson
@sambwrite.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Lil about me for the new followers: I'm a Black, biracial TV writer who grew up on pierogies and collard greens. My writing often explores the theme of identity in all of its messy, traumatic and hilarious glory. Journalism background. Samples available and available for staffing! #scriptsky
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BLUMHOUSE SCRIPT REQUEST—
The #DeadList has entered Blumhouse! After some subtle savviness, I got the showcase in front of a 2 execs, landing a script request this morning!
*Industry members encouraged to request at their own risk. #scriptsky #filmsky
View: www.officialstuntlist.com/deadlist-2025
The #DeadList has entered Blumhouse! After some subtle savviness, I got the showcase in front of a 2 execs, landing a script request this morning!
*Industry members encouraged to request at their own risk. #scriptsky #filmsky
View: www.officialstuntlist.com/deadlist-2025
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
BLUMHOUSE SCRIPT REQUEST—
The #DeadList has entered Blumhouse! After some subtle savviness, I got the showcase in front of a 2 execs, landing a script request this morning!
*Industry members encouraged to request at their own risk. #scriptsky #filmsky
View: www.officialstuntlist.com/deadlist-2025
The #DeadList has entered Blumhouse! After some subtle savviness, I got the showcase in front of a 2 execs, landing a script request this morning!
*Industry members encouraged to request at their own risk. #scriptsky #filmsky
View: www.officialstuntlist.com/deadlist-2025
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Lights. Camera. RADNESS—
The hottest new horror scripts in Hollywood are here, featuring produced pros & emerging voices from The #DeadList. Season 3 is LIVE and nothing short of sinister. Access in bio, but don’t miss the marquee preview below☠️👇🏻
#scriptsky #filmsky
The hottest new horror scripts in Hollywood are here, featuring produced pros & emerging voices from The #DeadList. Season 3 is LIVE and nothing short of sinister. Access in bio, but don’t miss the marquee preview below☠️👇🏻
#scriptsky #filmsky
October 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Lights. Camera. RADNESS—
The hottest new horror scripts in Hollywood are here, featuring produced pros & emerging voices from The #DeadList. Season 3 is LIVE and nothing short of sinister. Access in bio, but don’t miss the marquee preview below☠️👇🏻
#scriptsky #filmsky
The hottest new horror scripts in Hollywood are here, featuring produced pros & emerging voices from The #DeadList. Season 3 is LIVE and nothing short of sinister. Access in bio, but don’t miss the marquee preview below☠️👇🏻
#scriptsky #filmsky
Want to read some Black horror for #spookyseason ? Check out the first short story in my Bass Reeves horror anthology on substack: open.substack.com/pub/bassreev...
Hey! My first short story is up on my Substack, a horror anthology starring the famed Bass Reeves: U.S. DEPUTY MARSHAL BASS REEVES in "THE BLOOD OMEN OF KLAN COUNTRY" Would obvi love it if you read/shared/subscribed (free) open.substack.com/pub/bassreev... #horror #fiction #shortstory #substack
October 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Want to read some Black horror for #spookyseason ? Check out the first short story in my Bass Reeves horror anthology on substack: open.substack.com/pub/bassreev...
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Hey! My first short story is up on my Substack, a horror anthology starring the famed Bass Reeves: U.S. DEPUTY MARSHAL BASS REEVES in "THE BLOOD OMEN OF KLAN COUNTRY" Would obvi love it if you read/shared/subscribed (free) open.substack.com/pub/bassreev... #horror #fiction #shortstory #substack
October 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Hey! My first short story is up on my Substack, a horror anthology starring the famed Bass Reeves: U.S. DEPUTY MARSHAL BASS REEVES in "THE BLOOD OMEN OF KLAN COUNTRY" Would obvi love it if you read/shared/subscribed (free) open.substack.com/pub/bassreev... #horror #fiction #shortstory #substack
Hey! My first short story is up on my Substack, a horror anthology starring the famed Bass Reeves: U.S. DEPUTY MARSHAL BASS REEVES in "THE BLOOD OMEN OF KLAN COUNTRY" Would obvi love it if you read/shared/subscribed (free) open.substack.com/pub/bassreev... #horror #fiction #shortstory #substack
October 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Hey! My first short story is up on my Substack, a horror anthology starring the famed Bass Reeves: U.S. DEPUTY MARSHAL BASS REEVES in "THE BLOOD OMEN OF KLAN COUNTRY" Would obvi love it if you read/shared/subscribed (free) open.substack.com/pub/bassreev... #horror #fiction #shortstory #substack
I've started a Substack that's a horror anthology of short stories centered around Bass Reeves🎃Dropping the first story soon. Pretty please subscribe? Totally free: bassreeveshorroranthology.substack.com/subscribe?pa...
September 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I've started a Substack that's a horror anthology of short stories centered around Bass Reeves🎃Dropping the first story soon. Pretty please subscribe? Totally free: bassreeveshorroranthology.substack.com/subscribe?pa...
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Hey writer friends and industry folk! I’ve got a new passion project ready for download on the BL! It’s a fun and quirky coming of age tale of a young genie forced to choose between her brand new magical powers & the love of her teenage life.13 GOING ON 30 meets ALADDIN! blcklst.com/projects/184...
July 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hey writer friends and industry folk! I’ve got a new passion project ready for download on the BL! It’s a fun and quirky coming of age tale of a young genie forced to choose between her brand new magical powers & the love of her teenage life.13 GOING ON 30 meets ALADDIN! blcklst.com/projects/184...
Wanna wish Black folks a Happy Juneteenth? Maybe make today a giving day! Like, oh I dunno, just throwing this out there - staffing chances, reads, opportunities for us Black screenwriters? *Whispers loudly*: Samples available!
June 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Wanna wish Black folks a Happy Juneteenth? Maybe make today a giving day! Like, oh I dunno, just throwing this out there - staffing chances, reads, opportunities for us Black screenwriters? *Whispers loudly*: Samples available!
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Heya, #scriptsky friends! I'm honored to be directing Buried Alive Film Festival's inaugural short screenwriting competition. I've been a huge fan of the fest for years and can't wait to read the bloody imaginings you send our way. More info in thread...
filmfreeway.com/BuriedAliveF...
filmfreeway.com/BuriedAliveF...
Buried Alive Film Festival
Prepare to face your deepest cinematic fears this November 2025, as the Buried Alive Film Fest returns to Atlanta, Georgia, for its 18th year. This festival ...
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June 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Heya, #scriptsky friends! I'm honored to be directing Buried Alive Film Festival's inaugural short screenwriting competition. I've been a huge fan of the fest for years and can't wait to read the bloody imaginings you send our way. More info in thread...
filmfreeway.com/BuriedAliveF...
filmfreeway.com/BuriedAliveF...
Made a nice dent in my feature's rewrite today. Took the day off from the day job to focus only on writing😤 #screenwriting
June 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Made a nice dent in my feature's rewrite today. Took the day off from the day job to focus only on writing😤 #screenwriting
Since SINNERS is doing so well (it's fucking awesome), I thought I'd throw out my 1hr, supernatural pilot MAGICAL NEGRO that vibes with it. This script got me my rep and won the 2023 Set in Philly Prime Time TV Pilot award sponsored by Comcast and NBC Universal
May 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Since SINNERS is doing so well (it's fucking awesome), I thought I'd throw out my 1hr, supernatural pilot MAGICAL NEGRO that vibes with it. This script got me my rep and won the 2023 Set in Philly Prime Time TV Pilot award sponsored by Comcast and NBC Universal
FINALLY seeing SINNERS
April 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
FINALLY seeing SINNERS
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With #baseball spring training starting up, now is the perfect time for your young baseball fan to pick up my newest #middlegrade, RICK KOTANI'S 400 MILLION DOLLAR SUMMER! Incidentally, even if your kiddo doesn't love baseball, they might still like Rick's story <3 #kidlit Link in bio!
March 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
With #baseball spring training starting up, now is the perfect time for your young baseball fan to pick up my newest #middlegrade, RICK KOTANI'S 400 MILLION DOLLAR SUMMER! Incidentally, even if your kiddo doesn't love baseball, they might still like Rick's story <3 #kidlit Link in bio!
Ugh have to buy a new laptop😭
March 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Ugh have to buy a new laptop😭
Does the Halloween-themed music video for Everybody (Backstreet's Back) still bring you joy? If so, congrats, we are very close friends
Backstreet Boys Aj GIF
ALT: Backstreet Boys Aj GIF
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February 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Does the Halloween-themed music video for Everybody (Backstreet's Back) still bring you joy? If so, congrats, we are very close friends
Captain American: Brave New World
February 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Captain American: Brave New World
SO EXCITED that I get to work on this feature at the library for the next 3 hours
February 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
SO EXCITED that I get to work on this feature at the library for the next 3 hours
My mid day mug of Frosted Flakes is as important to me as my first mug of coffee
February 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
My mid day mug of Frosted Flakes is as important to me as my first mug of coffee
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lmao never change Philly
February 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
lmao never change Philly
SUPER BOWL CHAMPS! GO BIRDS!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS!
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU PHILLY!
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU PHILLY!
February 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
SUPER BOWL CHAMPS! GO BIRDS!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Yo this show is SO GOOD
February 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Yo this show is SO GOOD
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The thing about covering the entertainment industry is that every single day, it offers up a reason to just give up on it forever
www.vulture.com/article/bria...
www.vulture.com/article/bria...
February 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The thing about covering the entertainment industry is that every single day, it offers up a reason to just give up on it forever
www.vulture.com/article/bria...
www.vulture.com/article/bria...
The logline for my pilot MAGICAL NEGRO: In pre-Civil War Philadelphia, a rebellious Black man, who is a personified good luck charm, runs afoul of powerful city officials and must survive the bullet-riddled consequences if his thriving Black community is to persist. #scriptsky
In the spirit of hoping that more diverse projects get bought/made and more diverse writers find work, I'm a rep'ed screenwriter available for staffing with samples available (esp my pilot MAGICAL NEGRO which had won the SIP Prime Time Pilot award sponsored by Comcast and NBC Universal) #scriptsky
Lil about me for the new followers: I'm a Black, biracial TV writer who grew up on pierogies and collard greens. My writing often explores the theme of identity in all of its messy, traumatic and hilarious glory. Journalism background. Samples available and available for staffing! #scriptsky
February 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The logline for my pilot MAGICAL NEGRO: In pre-Civil War Philadelphia, a rebellious Black man, who is a personified good luck charm, runs afoul of powerful city officials and must survive the bullet-riddled consequences if his thriving Black community is to persist. #scriptsky