SAM GAMMA

I come from a variety of creative backgrounds and the more new things I learn, the more I see how everything is connected. I've been a musician since jr. high. I mostly learned by ear and figured things out by feeling. It wasn't the best method, but from doing it for so long I've learned that some things are best created in a flow state style jam with your heart... Right out of high school I started working as a drafter in the building industry. While this was a very technical job, I was mentored by a man who took great care in the visual look and experience of our drawings. I would later relate this to principles of graphic design when I dabbled in it in my first years of college. What drafting did for me though was help me engage in the world as I worked while getting my degree in Film & Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz. I dealt with plan submissions, changes required by counties, efficient business practices, and working with clients all while realizing cinematography was very..