---
name: "Sam Bailey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-bailey-2353174"
fi1m_id: "sam-bailey-2353174"
imdb_id: "nm5697142"
tmdb_id: 2353174
wikidata_id: "Q110735703"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T10:36:26.388545+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sam Bailey

## Identity

Sam Bailey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-bailey-2353174
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-bailey-2353174
- **IMDb ID:** nm5697142
- **TMDB ID:** 2353174
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110735703
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bailey_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110735703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5697142/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2353174

Director. Born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** Sam Q Bailey, Samantha Bailey
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bailey_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110735703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5697142/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2353174

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Off Campus*](https://film.one/tv/off-campus.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Samantha Bailey, also credited as Sam Bailey and Sam Q Bailey, is an American director, writer, producer and actress. Born in 1989 in Chicago, Illinois, she created and directed the web series *You're So Talented* (2015) and co-created *Brown Girls* (2017).

Bailey has directed episodes of television series including *Dear White People* (2017–2021), for which she also served as writer and producer, *Grown-ish* (2018–), *The Chi* (2018–), *Ironheart* (2025) and *Off Campus* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Off Campus* (2026), Fi1m 62, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/off-campus.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Off Campus* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/off-campus.md)
- *Ironheart* (2025), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer
- *Got Game?* (2020), Co-Producer
- *Diary of a Future President* (2020), series, Director
- *mixed-ish* (2019), series, Director
- *First Wives Club* (2019), series, Director
- *Masculine/masculine* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Alone Together* (2018), series, Director
- *The Chi* (2018), series, Director
- *grown-ish* (2018), series, Director
- *Couleé-D* (2017), Director
- *Dear White People* (2017), series, Producer, Writer, Director
- *Brown Girls* (2017), series, Producer, Director
- *Loosely Exactly Nicole* (2016), series, Director
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), series, as Receptionist

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