---
name: "Samy Burch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samy-burch"
fi1m_id: "samy-burch"
imdb_id: "nm2092552"
tmdb_id: 1887252
wikidata_id: "Q66425482"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "17 September 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:25:24.555589+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."
---

# Samy Burch

## Identity

Samy Burch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samy-burch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samy-burch
- **IMDb ID:** nm2092552
- **TMDB ID:** 1887252
- **Wikidata ID:** Q66425482
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samy_Burch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66425482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2092552/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1887252

Writer and producer. Born 17 September 1986 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 17 September 1986, USA
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Also known as:** Семі Берч
- **Frequently works with:** [Christine Vachon](https://film.one/person/christine-vachon.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $69m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samy_Burch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66425482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2092552/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1887252

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*May December*](https://film.one/film/may-december.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Samy Burch is an American screenwriter. She wrote the screenplay for *May December* (2023), which she developed with her husband Alex Mechanik and which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. She also wrote the screenplay for *Late Fame* (2025) and *Coyote vs. Acme* (2026).

Burch was born on 17 September 1986 in Los Angeles and raised in West Los Angeles. She graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2009 with a degree in dramatic writing. Earlier in her career she worked in casting on films including *The Hunger Games* (2012) and its sequels. She has also written and directed several short films.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Coyote vs. Acme* (2026), Fi1m 78, Screenplay, Screenstory — [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-vs-acme.md)
- *Late Fame* (2026), Fi1m 78, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/late-fame.md)
- *May December* (2023), Fi1m 84, Screenplay, Story, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/may-december.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Coyote vs. Acme* (2026), Screenplay, Screenstory — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-vs-acme.md)
- *Late Fame* (2026), Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/late-fame.md)
- *The Waddles* (2026), Writer
- *Maddie's Secret* (2026), Thanks
- *May December* (2023), Screenplay, Story, Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/may-december.md)
- *Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein* (2019), Casting
- *Crown Prince* (2017), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Bev* (2016), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Casting
- *All You Can Eat* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Family Dinner* (2012), Director, Editor
- *This Is the One They'll Remember Me By*, Story

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2024: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *May December*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Independent Spirit Awards 2024: Best First Screenplay (won), for *May December*
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay 2023: New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *May December*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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