Prior to this, she was a documentary investment manager at Screen Australia for six years (2011 – 2017), where she was involved in the development, funding and management of a slate of award-winning feature documentaries, nationally-significant television series, and emerging filmmaker initiatives.

Before moving back to Sydney in 2010, Sam lived and worked in New York for 15 years where she spent 10 years as a Supervising Producer, overseeing editorial and production of hundreds of hours of internationally-distributed fashion and arts factual content. She currently sits on the board of Antenna Film Festival.