​Sam Reetz is a writer, actor, media maker, and founder of Millennial Ethics™, an early-stage startup charting a new course for millennials with digital media that’s intergenerational, impactful, and inclusive. 

Growing up in Miami, Florida in a Brazilian/German-American family, her exposure to a melting pot of cultures and customs from an early age broadened the horizons of her storytelling and inspired her move to New York for college. 

She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Wadham College/University of Oxford, where she concentrated in political anthropology (with a focus in refugee studies), behavioral neuroscience, and  jazz vocal performance. 
As a performer, she has trained with CAP21, T. Schreiber Studio & Conservatory, and the Atlantic Acting School. Often cast in strong and self-assured roles, her approach to characterization is through the lens of our humanity⏤its strengths and its limitations⏤a chance for audiences to relate to and empathize with the unheard stories, to see old stories in new ways, and perhaps in the process, allow us to better understand our own. Her commercial debut with Modanisa's #JustLikeYou campaign (dir. Samah Safi & Muhammad Bayazid) reached over 1.76 million hits on YouTube. Other notable credits include: (Off-Broadway Theatre) Doris in The Owl and the Pussycat (Gloria Maddox Theatre, dir. Robert Verlaque), Georgie in Spike Heels (Gloria Maddox Theatre, dir. Robert Verlaque), Jo in Independence (CAP 21, dir. Doug Hall),  Shelley in Hooters  (CAP21, dir. Doug Hall), (Film/TV/Digital Media) producer callbacks on NBC's The Voice (Season 5), a Mardis Gras partier in FOX's The Following  (S1: Ep.9⏤"Love Hurts"), Avery Ardente in Don't Schmuck It Up (web series), Iris Keating in Not One (short), Jim Stark in Flip the Script (branded content), Alexis in Black Veil​ (dir. Sergio Torres) and, most recently, a cameo in the upcoming indie feature, Walk With Me (dir. Isabel del Rosal). 

Equally passionate about crafting stories behind the lens, she got her start as one of the team of interns behind Ramaa Moseley’s debut feature, THE BRASS TEAPOT (Magnolia Pictures/Atlantic Pictures). Most recently, she was 1st AD on the narrative short, CYCLE (from Anne Briggs and Marcus Johnson/DP Valentina Caniglia), Production Coordinator on the first season of TABLETALK (from Fishman Pictures in association with FullScreen Media; 2017 SeriesFest), and co-hosted (with The Artist Co-Op) the NYC People's Hub for the inaugural UN Global People's Summit + Social Good.
Millennial Ethics made it’s formal debut at the Made in NY Media Center by IFP with their 2017 Creative>>Founders Lab summer cohort and IFP Week’s 2017 Marketplace. She is currently consulting on the narrative feature, THE HEART STAYS, in association with Amerinda, Inc., about a Native American girl who must choose between personal achievement and the traditional responsibilities of the old ways and recently covered a selection of narrative and social impact programming as accredited press at the 35th Miami International Film Festival for Millennial Ethics' upcoming newspaper, ON THE MAP. She also moderated the panel on "Startups Revolutionizing the Film Industry", featuring Lauren Magura (Cinematcher) and Christina Chironna (FilmUp), at Imagine This Productions 2018 Girl Power Film & Media Summit. Millennial Ethics will next be seen at NALIP's Latin Media Summit.  

Sam lives in New York City and is a proud member of: HRTS Associates NY (Board Member, Graphics), Jericho Project's Young Professionals Council (Social Media Subcommittee), Ladies of Comedy Association (NY Board Member, Marketing & Strategic Partnerships), Independent Filmmaker Project, Made in NY Media Center by IFP, New York Women in Film and Television. Dance Films Association, and Ellevate Network. 

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Affiliations

Ladies of Comedy Association NY Board
Marketing/Communications/PR & Strategic Partnerships
Young Professionals Council
Social Media Subcommittee
HRTS Associates NY Board
Graphics