{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{short description|Film writers and directors}} {{Infobox person | name = Samantha Buck | image = The crew of Best Kept Secret at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Samantha Buck receiving the Peabody for ''Best Kept Secret'' | birth_name = Samantha Susan Buck | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|20}} | birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | other_names = | occupation = Director, actress, screenwriter | years_active = 1997–present | spouse = Marie Schlingmann | website = }} {{Infobox person | name = Marie Schlingmann | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Berlin, Germany | death_date = | other_names = | occupation = Director, screenwriter | years_active = | spouse = Samantha Buck | website = }} '''Samantha Buck''' and '''Marie Schlingmann''' are film writers and directors who have made five films together. Buck is also an actress who directed the documentary ''Best Kept Secret'' solo. They are best known for the 2019 film ''Sister Aimee''.
==Personal life and education== Buck and Schlingmann are married,<ref name="WAH">{{Cite web|title=Sundance 2019 Women Directors: Meet Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann – "Sister Aimee"|url=https://womenandhollywood.com/sundance-2019-women-directors-meet-samantha-buck-and-marie-schlingmann-sister-aimee/|access-date=June 12, 2020|website=womenandhollywood.com|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612031048/https://womenandhollywood.com/sundance-2019-women-directors-meet-samantha-buck-and-marie-schlingmann-sister-aimee/|url-status=live}}</ref> having met at Columbia University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Myers|first=Scott|date=March 17, 2019|title=Interview: Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann|url=https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-samantha-buck-and-marie-schlingmann-cc3ad2118ae9|access-date=June 12, 2020|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref> Both have a Master of Fine Arts in film from Columbia, and in this program, they created their first short films together.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=November 2, 2016|title=Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann Adapting Popular Young Adult Novel, NEED|url=https://www.ramascreen.com/samantha-buck-and-marie-schlingmann-adapting-popular-young-adult-novel-need/|access-date=June 12, 2020|website=Rama Film|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612040423/https://www.ramascreen.com/samantha-buck-and-marie-schlingmann-adapting-popular-young-adult-novel-need/|url-status=live}}</ref> The pair have won various grants for female directors. Schlingmann is from Berlin,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Film Fatales {{!}} Marie Schlingmann|url=http://www.filmfatales.org/directors/marieschlingmann|access-date=June 12, 2020|website=www.filmfatales.org|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612040413/http://www.filmfatales.org/directors/marieschlingmann|url-status=live}}</ref> and though she is German, she writes screenplays in English, saying that her "creative brain" is in this language.<ref name=":0" />
==Career== In her acting career, Buck played Det. G. Lynn Bishop in ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=587|edition=2nd}}</ref> and Amy on the comedy series ''Stella''.{{r|etvs|page1=1018}} She became interested in film production when starring on ''Big Apple''; the showrunner made the cast take writing workshops and encouraged her talents. She explained that it took her several years after this to follow through because, at the time, very few actresses had transitioned to behind the camera. She did not begin with writing, but took up documentary in the cinéma vérité style, where she was "basically writing in the edit room with 100 hours of footage".<ref name=":0" /> In 2013, she directed the Gotham Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary film ''Best Kept Secret''.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|title=POV: Best Kept Secret (PBS)|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/best-kept-secret-pbs|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810001606/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/best-kept-secret-pbs|archivedate=August 10, 2019|accessdate=August 10, 2019|website=Peabody: Stories That Matter|publisher=Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Georgia}}</ref> During the production of ''Best Kept Secret'', Buck applied and was accepted to Columbia's film program.<ref name=":0" />
The couple first made films at Columbia University, directing two award-winning short films: ''Canary'' and ''The Mink Catcher''. The latter was shown at the Telluride Film Festival and the South by Southwest.<ref name=":1" /> Their first feature film as a duo was slated to be an adaptation of the young adult novel ''Need'' in 2016, as a thriller financed by Covert Media.<ref name=":1" /> This year, they also began developing the feature film ''The Big D'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Mink Catcher by Samantha Buck & Marie Schlingmann|url=https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2016/11/17/the-mink-catcher|access-date=June 12, 2020|website=Short of the Week|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612040413/https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2016/11/17/the-mink-catcher|url-status=live}}</ref> which they are still developing in 2019.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=February 8, 2019|title=Sundance 'Sister Aimee' Filmmakers Sign With ICM|url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/sundance-sister-aimee-directors-samantha-buck-marie-schlingmann-sign-with-icm-1202552876/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612040412/https://deadline.com/2019/02/sundance-sister-aimee-directors-samantha-buck-marie-schlingmann-sign-with-icm-1202552876/|archive-date=June 12, 2020|access-date=June 12, 2020|website=Deadline|language=en}}</ref> ''The Mink Catcher'' and ''The Big D'' are set in Dallas, Texas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Mink Catcher {{!}}{{!}} Featured Short Film|url=https://filmshortage.com/shorts/the-mink-catcher/|access-date=June 12, 2020|website=Film Shortage|language=en-US|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612040415/https://filmshortage.com/shorts/the-mink-catcher/|url-status=live}}</ref> Their breakthrough feature came a few years later in 2019's ''Sister Aimee'', loosely based on Aimee Semple McPherson's story.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 26, 2019|title='Sister Aimee' Film Review: Fictionalized Tale of the Evangelist's Disappearance Gets Lost On Its Own Path|url=https://www.thewrap.com/sister-aimee-film-review-mcpherson-anna-margaret-hollyman/|access-date=June 12, 2020|website=TheWrap|language=en-US|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612040415/https://www.thewrap.com/sister-aimee-film-review-mcpherson-anna-margaret-hollyman/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Sister Aimee'' screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019,<ref name=":2" /> and is planned to have a theatrical run and video on demand release in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gomez-Weston|first=Adriana|date=August 22, 2019|title=The Watch List: Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann's 'Sister Aimee'|url=https://thecinemasoloist.org/the-watch-list-samantha-buck-and-marie-schlingmanns-sister-aimee/|access-date=June 12, 2020|website=THE CINEMA SOLOIST|language=en-US|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612040417/https://thecinemasoloist.org/the-watch-list-samantha-buck-and-marie-schlingmanns-sister-aimee/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Production filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Buck ! Schlingmann ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2008 |''The Reasons We Were Dangerous'' | |Co-director, editor, producer |Documentary<ref name=indiegogofilmog>{{cite web|title=Canary|url=http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/676608/fblk|access-date=August 3, 2020|website=Indiegogo|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927170016/https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/canary--2|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |2009 |''21 Below'' |Director | |Documentary<ref>{{cite web|title=21 Below Samantha Buck|url=https://exclaim.ca/film/article/21_below-directed_by_samantha_buck|access-date=August 3, 2020|website=exclaim.ca|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927170017/https://exclaim.ca/film/article/21_below-directed_by_samantha_buck|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |2012 |''The Death of Hercules'' | |Director, writer |Short<ref name=indiegogofilmog/> |- |2013 |''Best Kept Secret'' |Director, writer, co-producer |Thanks |Documentary<ref name=":0" /> |- |2013 |''Lawn Care'' |Producer |Director, writer |<ref name=indiegogofilmog/> |- |2014 |''Glacial Erratics'' |Director |Writer, producer |<ref name=indiegogofilmog/> |- |2015 |''The Mink Catcher'' |Director, writer |Writer, producer |<ref name=":1" /> |- |2016 |''Canary'' |Writer, producer |Director, writer |<ref name=indiegogofilmog/> |- | 2019 |''Sister Aimee'' |Director, writer |Director, writer |<ref name="diff">{{cite web|title=Sister Aimee|url=https://dallasiff.org/movies/sister-aimee/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810002754/https://dallasiff.org/movies/sister-aimee/|archivedate=August 10, 2019|accessdate=August 10, 2019|website=Dallas International Film Festival|publisher=Dallas Film Society}}</ref> |}
==Buck acting filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1997 |''{{sortname|The|Sticky Fingers of Time}}'' |Gorge |<ref>{{cite web|last=Stratton|first=David|date=October 13, 1997|title=The Sticky Fingers of Time|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/the-sticky-fingers-of-time-1200451531/|access-date=August 3, 2020|website=Variety|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927170018/https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/the-sticky-fingers-of-time-1200451531/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |1997 |''In & Out'' |Classroom Student |<ref name="adorofilmog">{{cite web |last= |title=Filmografia Samantha Buck |url=http://www.adorocinema.com/personalidades/personalidade-115702/filmografia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927170019/http://www.adorocinema.com/personalidades/personalidade-115702/filmografia/ |archive-date=September 27, 2020 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |website=AdoroCinema |language=pt-BR}}</ref> |- |1998 |''Fiona'' |Supervisor |<ref>{{cite web|title=Fiona (1998) - Video Detective|date=January 1998 |url=https://www.videodetective.com/movie/fiona-31632|access-date=August 3, 2020|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927170040/https://www.videodetective.com/movie/fiona-31632|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |1999 |''{{sortname|The|24 Hour Woman}}'' |Deanne |<ref name=tvguidefilmog>{{cite web|title=Samantha Buck {{!}} TV Guide|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/samantha-buck/credits/268619|access-date=August 3, 2020|website=TVGuide.com|archive-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926005400/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/samantha-buck/credits/268619/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |2000 |''Wirey Spindell'' |Samantha |<ref name=tvguidefilmog/> |- |2000 |''Calling Bobcat'' |Judy |<ref>{{cite web|title=Calling Bobcat (2000) - Video Detective|date=December 11, 2000 |url=https://www.videodetective.com/movie/calling-bobcat-98735|access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref> |- |2002 |''Searching for Paradise'' |Andrea |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Searching-Paradise-Samantha-Buck/dp/B00080ZGNS|title=Searching for Paradise {{!}} Buck, Samantha (Actor), Davies, Jeremy (Actor)|date=April 2005 |access-date=August 3, 2020|via=Amazon|archive-date=October 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026023845/http://www.amazon.com/Searching-Paradise-Samantha-Buck/dp/B00080ZGNS|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |2002 |''Heartbreak Hospital'' |Sandy |<ref name=tvguidefilmog/> |- |2006 |''Fearless'' |Journalist |<ref name=tomatazos>{{cite web|title=Samantha Buck|url=https://www.tomatazos.com/celebridades/130633/Samantha-Buck|access-date=August 3, 2020|website=Tomatazos|date=December 20, 1976 |language=es|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927170044/https://www.tomatazos.com/celebridades/130633/Samantha-Buck|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |2006 |''Kettle of Fish'' |Mother |<ref name=tvguidefilmog/> |- |2008 |''Woman in Burka'' |Samantha |Short film<ref>{{cite web|title=MIFF {{!}} 8" Film Festival Internazionale di Milano - Woman in Burka|url=http://www.miff.it/scheda.php?lang=?ph=0601&id=229|access-date=August 3, 2020|website=MIFF|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927170044/http://www.miff.it/scheda.php?lang=%3Fph%3D0601&id=229|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |2012 |''Gayby'' |Sophia |<ref name=indiegogofilmog/><ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2012 |''Hellbenders'' |Penelope |<ref name=indiegogofilmog/> |- |2012 |''What Maisie Knew'' |Zoe's Mother |<ref name=indiegogofilmog/><ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2018 |''Summertime'' |Ruth |<ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2018 |''Private Life'' |Psychologist |<ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2020 |''The Night House'' |Becky |<ref name=tomatazos/> |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2000 |''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' |Waitress |Episode: "Entitled"<ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2000 |''Third Watch'' |Vangie Sundstrom |Recurring role (5 episodes)<ref name=indiegogofilmog/><ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2001 |''Big Apple'' |Brigid McNamara |Regular role (5 episodes)<ref name=indiegogofilmog/> |- |2003 |''Sex and the City'' |Margot |Episode: "A Woman's Right to Shoes"<ref name=indiegogofilmog/> |- |2003–2004 |''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' |Det. G. Lynn Bishop |Recurring role (7 episodes)<ref name=indiegogofilmog/><ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2005 |''Stella'' |Amy |Regular role (6 episodes)<ref name=indiegogofilmog/> |- |2007 |''Six Degrees'' |Susan Harriman |Recurring role (5 episodes)<ref name=indiegogofilmog/><ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2007 |''Wainy Days'' |Concerned Woman |Episode: "The Pickup"<ref name=tvcom/> |- |2008 |''Z Rock'' |Kitty Braunstein |3 episodes<ref name=tvcom>{{Cite web|title=Samantha Buck|url=http://www.tv.com/people/samantha-buck/|access-date=August 4, 2020|website=TV.com|archive-date=January 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125100234/http://www.tv.com/people/samantha-buck/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |2013 |''Golden Boy'' |Tara Brunell |TV series<ref name=indiegogofilmog/><ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2013 |''Blue Bloods'' |Sheri Dean |Episode: "Ends and Means"<ref name=indiegogofilmog/><ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2014 |''Boardwalk Empire'' |Apartment Hunting Wife |Episode: "Eldorado"<ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2015 |''Public Morals'' |Sister Paul Eugene |1 episode<ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2016 |''Vinyl'' |Allison |2 episodes<ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2016 |''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' |Sophie Van Nuys |<ref name=adorofilmog/> |- |2016 |''Person of Interest'' |Samaritan Doctor |1 episode<ref name=tvcom/> |- |2020 |''Hightown'' |Meredith |1 episode<ref name=adorofilmog/> |}
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==External links== {{Commonscat|Samantha Buck}} *{{IMDb name|0118419|Samantha Buck}} *{{imdb name|5847305|Marie Schlingmann}}
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