Sam Maccarone / Biography

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. Later that year, he sold Disco Masters to MTV as a 1/2-hour television show which he was signed to write,direct and star in. He worked closely with MTV Executive Producer John Miller for a year at MTV.Currently, Sam can be seen in 4 feature films this year. He just finished writing another script for National Lampoon which he is set to direct later this year. He has studied with the Groundling in Los Angeles. He just wrapped shooting a lead role in the film "Gansta Rap" as the hardcore rap manager, Scott coming out in theaters this March.