Noah Schamus is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker of both documentary and narrative films.

Their first feature “Summer Solstice” had its World Premiere at Provincetown Film Festival in June 2023. The film was the recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker Program grant, was included in the 2021 Outfest Screenwriting Lab as a Notable Writer, and was the winner of the Platige Image Award at Us in Progress at the American Film Festival in November 2022.

Their most recent hybrid documentary short, “The Script,” was co-directed with Brit Fryer, and produced by Multitude Films, which was supported by Chicken & Egg Pictures and the Ford Foundation. The film premiered at CPH:DOX 2023.

Their previous short films have been presented at film festivals including BFI Flare, Outfest, Inside Out, NewFest, Indie Memphis, Maryland Film Festival and New Orleans Film Festival (where their short film, “Chemistry of Mood” garnered an Honorable Mention for Best Performance by Naian Gonzalez Norvind). “Across, Beyond, and Over,” co-directed with Brit Fryer, was featured on NoBudge and is a Vimeo Staff Pick.

They are currently in development on their second narrative feature as well as their first hybrid documentary feature.