Sam Ruesink




About Me.

I'm a Columbia College Chicago Film School alum who emphasized in creative producing. I also have a mixed background in post-production, writing, assistant directing, and several other aspects of production. In addition, I’ve worked professionally in feature film development and packaging, live event videography, IT, and graphic/web design.
After getting started by making rudimentary animations in PowerPoint in elementary school, by age 9 I was running around with a camcorder making short films. By 11, I was working at a local community access channel filming and editing events, operating broadcast cameras and switchers. At age 16, I began working at a Skydiving dropzone, where I've gone on to edit over 3,000 customer video/stills packages. Since then, I studied at Columbia Chicago, lived in LA, Chicago, and worked with some really cool, interesting people. Along the way, I've gotten to work on a multitude of cool projects spanning short and feature films, television, live events, and many other formats in many different roles and capacities. Last year I just finished my first independent feature documentary with my friend Grant Osum, Minnesota Tiger Man. It just recently started streaming in the spring of 2023 after getting picked up by Questar Entertainment.
I'm currently 24 years old, based in Chicago working on "American Greed" for CNBC at Bill Kurtis' Kurtis Productions. As of mid-2023, I've managed post-production for 36 new episodes of the show, in addition to various other projects.
I also have a full production audio kit and do freelance location sound.
In my free time outside of my storytelling pursuits, I really enjoy studying Jazz/Blues Guitar, playing tennis, trying to lift up and set down heavy stuff, and watching the Milwaukee Bucks.

Education
2017-2020
B.A. Cinema Arts & Sciences
Columbia College Chicago
Producing Emphasis,
3.92 GPA w/ Honors


Work- Television

American Greed- Season 14 & 15 - 36 Episodes

American Greed: Biggest Cons - 2 Episodes

American Greed: James McGill- Better Call Saul Promo

American Greed: Bonus Edition Season 1 & 2 - 18 Episodes

Man of the People with Pat Tomasulo - WGN 9 Chicago

Man of the People with Pat Tomasulo - WGN 9 Chicago

Watertown Cable 13

Cold Case Files - A&E
Work- Feature-length Films (Trailers)
Work- (Select) Short Films
*Note that this is not all-encompassing of every short I've worked on. There are many others that I have worked on in various capacities, although I'm only selecting a few of my favorites here I had a leading role on in some way.
For a more exhaustive list/CV, visit my StaffMeUp page.
Work- Web/Commercial

Producer, D.P., Editor

Editor - (Re-edited/updated from previously completed sizzle from another editor)

Editor, Co-Producer and Co-D.P.

D.P. and Editor

Editor
Work- Post Audio/Podcasts/Audiobooks

Producer & Editor (9+ hours of recorded audio)

Dialogue Editor (Work in Progress, 2023)

Technical deliverables coordination to CNBC for podcast repackaging
