---
name: "Samantha Strauss"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samantha-strauss"
fi1m_id: "samantha-strauss"
imdb_id: "nm1787259"
tmdb_id: 1230467
wikidata_id: "Q7408740"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T21:18:28.775983+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."
---

# Samantha Strauss

## Identity

Samantha Strauss

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samantha-strauss
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samantha-strauss
- **IMDb ID:** nm1787259
- **TMDB ID:** 1230467
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7408740
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Strauss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7408740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1787259/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230467

Producer. Born 1 January 1901 in Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Australia
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Strauss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7408740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1787259/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230467

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Apple Cider Vinegar*](https://film.one/tv/apple-cider-vinegar.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Samantha Strauss is an Australian screenwriter and television producer. She grew up in Gold Coast, Queensland, and studied film and television at Bond University after training in ballet.

Strauss co-created and served as head writer on the ABC teen drama series *Dance Academy* (2010–2013), which aired in over 160 countries and won multiple Logie Awards. Her other credits include writing for *H2O: Just Add Water* (2006), *The New Legends of Monkey* (2018), *Nine Perfect Strangers* (2021) and creating the series *The End* (2020) and the Netflix limited series *Apple Cider Vinegar* (2025).

She is a co-founder of the production company Picking Scabs, a joint venture with See-Saw Films, and has received Logie Awards and an International Emmy nomination.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Apple Cider Vinegar* (2025), Fi1m 73, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/apple-cider-vinegar.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *The Last Anniversary* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Apple Cider Vinegar* (2025), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/apple-cider-vinegar.md)
- *Christmas on the Farm* (2021), as Additional Writing
- *Nine Perfect Strangers* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *The Dry* (2021), as Additional Writing
- *The End* (2020), series, Writer, Creator
- *The New Legends of Monkey* (2018), series, Writer
- *Dance Academy: The Movie* (2017), Writer
- *Mary: The Making of a Princess* (2015), Writer
- *Dance Academy* (2010), series, Original Story, Writer, Creator
- *The Condemned* (2007), Casting Associate
- *H2O: Just Add Water* (2006), series, Writer, Casting
- *The Great Raid* (2005), Casting Assistant

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