Sam Voutas | official site | writer & director

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Sam Voutas is a writer and filmmaker. He was raised in Manila, Taipei, Beijing, & Canberra. His feature film Red Light Revolution was included on the British Film Institute’s list of 10 Great Films Set in Beijing. His second feature, King of Peking, world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released globally by Netflix. He recently completed the graphic novel White Faced Lies, co-authored with Eric Flanagan. The book is based on their Sundance Labs screenplay.
Books

Set in China, where local companies hire white (but not necessarily qualified) Americans to lend them credibility, longtime conman Stanley gets a new assistant who may be more than just a colleague – he thinks Stanley is his long-lost father.

Co-authored with Eric Flanagan. Illustrations by Timothy McEvenue.

Available now on:
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Check out reviews on Goodreads
“Genuine, unflinching, and original”
- Kirkus Reviews

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Films

When home entertainment enters the market in 90s Beijing, a former projectionist ropes his son into starting their own pirate movie company.

World Premiere Tribeca '17
Nominee Bronze Horse, Stockholm Int'l '17.
Official Selection BFI London, Melbourne Int'l, Golden Horse, Warsaw & many others, '17.

Watch: Tubi, Vimeo, Kanopy, Hoopla
US: Amazon, Google Play or Vudu
UK: Watch on Amazon or Terracotta
IMDB
Watch the trailer
“A charming, breezy father-son story but also a diverting account of Chinese film and video culture in the 1990s.”
Review of King of Peking
An unemployed Beijing man opens an adult shop to make ends meet, sparking a sexual revolution in his conservative neighborhood.

World Premiere São Paulo Int'l, '10
Winner Audience Award Singapore Int'l '10
Nominee Jury Award, Santa Barbara Int'l '10.
Official Selection Cinequest, Cleveland Int'l, Atlanta, Newport Beach, Tallinn Black Nights & many others, '10.

US: Watch on Amazon
UK: Watch on Amazon or Terracotta
IMDB
“A Chinese sex farce that delights”.
Review of Red Light Revolution
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voutas

/voo-tahs/ v.

dive in, immerse.

From the Greek βουτάς

About

Books

Set in China, where local companies hire white (but not necessarily qualified) Americans to lend them credibility, longtime conman Stanley gets a new assistant who may be more than just a colleague – he thinks Stanley is his long-lost father.

Co-authored with Eric Flanagan. Illustrations by Timothy McEvenue.

Available now on:

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

Check out reviews on Goodreads

“Genuine, unflinching, and original”

- Kirkus Reviews

“The story is mostly humorous with a little melancholy and the absurd splashed in, taking a different look at the way foreigners get by in China compared to the typical expat-in-China story.”

- Asian Review of Books

“A must-read for China enthusiasts!”

- Amazon customer review

“Absolute cracker of a read that introduces a whole new culture within modern China.”

- Goodreads review

“This graphic novel is one in a million.”

- Goodreads review

“The story transcends the medium.”

- Amazon customer review

“Like a Coen Bros film set in Chinese provincial cities.”

- Amazon customer review

Films

When home entertainment enters the market in 90s Beijing, a former projectionist ropes his son into starting their own pirate movie company.

World Premiere Tribeca '17

Nominee Bronze Horse, Stockholm Int'l '17.

Official Selection BFI London, Melbourne Int'l, Golden Horse, Warsaw & many others, '17.

Watch: Tubi, Vimeo, Kanopy, Hoopla

US: Amazon, Google Play or Vudu

UK: Watch on Amazon or Terracotta

IMDB

Watch the trailer

“A charming, breezy father-son story but also a diverting account of Chinese film and video culture in the 1990s.”

Review of King of Peking

“An inventive and light exploration of a father’s love for both his son and the movies. King of Peking has many charms, but its passion for cinema is its most infectious.”

Review of King of Peking

“Think Cinema Paradiso meets (a better) Be Kind Rewind. Director Sam Voutas deftly highlights the exhilarating, protective and terrifying lengths parents will go for their children. Long live the King.”

Review of King of Peking

“It combines something of the scrappy DIY aesthetic of Michel Gondry’s Be Kind, Rewind with a touch of the joy of discovery found in Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso.”

Review of King of Peking

An unemployed Beijing man opens an adult shop to make ends meet, sparking a sexual revolution in his conservative neighborhood.

World Premiere São Paulo Int'l, '10

Winner Audience Award Singapore Int'l '10

Nominee Jury Award, Santa Barbara Int'l '10.

Official Selection Cinequest, Cleveland Int'l, Atlanta, Newport Beach, Tallinn Black Nights & many others, '10.

US: Watch on Amazon

UK: Watch on Amazon or Terracotta

IMDB

“A Chinese sex farce that delights”.

Review of Red Light Revolution

“Proving himself a fresh new voice in Asian cinema, director SamVoutas offers a sex comedy salted with satirical comment on Chinese society.”

Review of Red Light Revolution

“Red Light Revolution is quick and funny”.

Review of Red Light Revolution

“Scoring a sexy stride forward for independent Chinese cinema”.

On Red Light Revolution

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