Sam Baron / Biography

Sam Baron is the first born son of Simon Baron-Cohen and Bridget Lindley. Throughout his childhood he expressed many creative desires. When his dad bought him a video camera aged 9, he could have had no idea what horrors this gift would lead to. Baron first hit the Z-list in 2005 when he co-wrote and starred in a UK response to the "Saturday Night Live" (1975) rap video "Lazy Sunday" which became successful on the internet.Since then he has produced numerous short films with long-time collaborator Raphael von Blumenthal. The pair have also created and produced two pilots for television series'.The first show, entitled "Tom's Life", was a sitcom about high-school students who get themselves into wacky adventures to distract themselves from their depressingly comfortable middle-class suburban lives. It gained popularity on the internet video website YouTube but was never developed into a full series.The second show, entitled "Lemon Party", was a surreal comedy sketch show starring the two creators in every single role. The show also gained a large following on the internet and was picked up by the UK television network Trouble, where the individual sketches were screened as part of another show, "MyTV: Homegrown".The pair were also invited to host two episodes of that show, performing original material written for the occasions. The first version of the hour-long Christmas Special they presented was decided to be too controversial and was subsequently banned. Their entire work had to be entirely re-written and re-shot at last minute, to comply with the channel's broadcast standards.In 2007 they were commissioned by MTV to create an awareness video about global warming for the MTV Switch campaign. The video, produced by Mark Whelan and Cake Group Ltd., was screened several times on MTV and became a popular viral video on the internet.The two are now working on a new television series and a radio series, whilst continuing their short comedy videos for YouTube and their own website.