Sam Gualtieri is a multidisciplinary filmmaker & animator. His short “Voyage of the Red Rabbit” won the Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short at the Florida Film Festival in 2025. Currently he produces animation for Seeking Blue Records (aka Mrsuicidesheep)
He began his professional experience in high school, including an Internship at Thorne Media, and producing/directing a multimedia project for the nonprofit Fresh Artists in collaboration with Monkey Boys Productions (SNL, Broadway).
Sam participated in student programs at the MFF Film Festival in Bosnia & Herzegovina and the Four River Film Festival in Croatia. He recieved his BFA in Visual Effects at SCAD in 2024, where he worked under mentors from The Mill in New York.
“Still, the best of the bunch was the daring and inventive “Voyage of the Red Rabbit,” Sam Gualtieri’s debut short, premiering at its first film festival … It’s so original and mesmerizing, and I love that it could now break through even with the Academy”
– Brian Tallerico
