SAMANTHA BENNETT

Samantha Bennett (she/her), Producer, Co-founder of the Direct Line, Sam is a jack-of-all-trades filmmaker concentrating on writing, directing, and producing
with a passion for queer stories. She spent many years as a script supervisor, an editor, and motion graphics artist, currently working at Austin Community College. Sam is co-host/co-producer of the podcast How to Texas. Her creative
work has screened at SXSW, Hill Country, Deep In the Heart, and Rockport Film Festivals. Originally from the SF Bay Area, she’s a graduate of UC Berkeley, and
now resides in Austin.