Sam Dunnewold

Sam Dunnewold (he/him) is a writer from small-town Minnesota. Sam has no colon, having had it surgically removed due to Crohn’s disease.

His work is often high-concept, usually dark, and always nerdy. He writes about nostalgia, emotional repression, and arrogant people who try their absolute best but fail terribly.

Sam began a career in digital media editing videos and podcasts, working at The Onion (2016 Election Special, A Very Fatal Murder). After leaving The Onion, Sam has continued cutting fiction podcasts for companies like Team Coco (Self Center) and Funny or Die (The Last Degree of Kevin Bacon).

He received his film degree from Carleton College and has written nearly a dozen short films, which have played at midwestern festivals. Sam was a finalist for the Austin Television Festival’s pitch contest with his script The Dumps, and is an Inevitable Foundation Spring 2022 Screenwriting Fellow.

He is represented by Brandon Stein at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.