Sam Dunn
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| Sam Dunn | |
| Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Occupation | director, musician, anthropologist |
Sam Dunn (March 20th, 1974) is a Canadian musician, anthropologist and film director. He is most notable for his documentary, Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.[1] Dunn became a fan of heavy metal music at an early age, and after graduating from York University with a degree in Anthropology, helped his friend Scot McFadyen film the music documentary.
[edit] Global Metal
Released in 2008, Sam directed a new film, titled Global Metal. In the film, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West’s most maligned musical genre – heavy metal – has impacted the world’s cultures beyond Europe and North America. The film follows metal fan and anthropologist Sam Dunn on a whirlwind journey through Asia, South America and the Middle East as he explores the underbelly of the world’s emerging extreme music scenes — from Indonesian death metal to Israeli Oriental metal and Chinese black metal to Iranian thrash metal, etc. The film reveals a worldwide community of metalheads who aren’t just absorbing metal from the West – they’re transforming it. Creating a new form of cultural expression in societies dominated by conflict, corruption and mass-consumerism.[2]
He also formerly played bass for the Toronto extreme metal band, Burn to Black; they disbanded in November 2008.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Heavy Mettle" by Andre Mayer
- ^ Mann, Michael (2005-10). "Heavy Metal". The Nerve. http://www.thenervemagazine.com/2005/10/article_template.php?id=17. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
- ^ Member contributed (2006-09-26). "Burn to Black". Metal Archives at Encyclopaedia Metallum. http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=78253.
[edit] External links
- Sam Dunn at the Internet Movie Database
- Metal: A Headbanger's Journey Official site
- Global Metal official site
- Burn to Black Official MySpace page
- Burn to Black profile at Encyclopaedia Metallum
- Interview with Sam Dunn About Global Metal/A Headbanger's Journey
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