Who is Sam Forman? Insight on his education, net worth, social media, biography
- Sam Forman is a producer and writer.
- He is known for the TV series Claws, Hand of God, The Blink, and Five Days Gone.
- He co-created the Civil War-era television pilot Hickory Hill for AMC.
Forman was nominated by the Writers Guild of America for the series House of Cards in the year 2013. He was nominated by Online Film & Television Association for Best Writing in a Drama Series in House of Cards.
He wrote the lyrics for the new musical Broadway’s Next Season and is the lyricist and co-book author for the musical I Sing! which was produced commercially off-Broadway and in theaters around the world.
His other plays and musicals are The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall (Stage 13, NYC; Theater J, Washington DC); We The People (TheaterWorks USA); Fucking Up Everything (co-book writer, NYMF 2009, dir. Stephen Brackett); The Grille Room (Cherry Lane Mentor Project, dir. Thomas Kail); and Quarterlife (Ford Center, NYC workshop.
Sam is the proud producer of Creation Nation which The New York Times has called: “A late-night cabaret phenomenon”. Forman is a member of the WGA, The Dramatist’s Guild, and is represented by the CAA.
Sam Forman’s education
Sam Forman is born to a Jewish family. His parents spent six months of the year on Nantucket. Also, he said,
“My family knows which parts were inspired by real life, but for every one thing from actual experience, there are ten from imagination. Parts of me have come out in all the characters in surprising ways. That’s what playwriting has been for me. You look at a situation from different points of view and put yourself inside other characters.”
Sam attended Northwestern and earned his bachelor’s degree. After that, he earned an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University. He is the alumni of Youngblood at EST, Ars Nova’s Playgroup.
How much is the net worth of Sam Forman?
Sam Forman has an estimated net worth of $1 million. He has worked as a producer in 2018 Claws, 2015 Hand of God, 2015 The Brink, and 2010 Five Days Gone. As a writer, he has worked in Claws, Hidden Tears: Tanya, Hand of God, The Brink, and House of Cards.
In the year 2002, he appeared as an actor in the short film Up to the Roof. Similarly, his music plays and musicals include Krankenhaus Blues (Blue Heron Theater, New York; The Abingdon Theatre, New York, dir. Donna Mitchell); Hunter for Hunter Green and Narcissus and Goldstein (Singularity Company, New York, dir. Benjamin Salka).
Sam Forman on social media
Sam Forman is not active much on social media. But he has a Twitter account which he joined in July 2019. But he has not tweeted much on the account. Likewise, he mostly tweeted about Claws on Twitter.
Other than that, he is not active on Facebook and Instagram. He likes to keep his life private and away from the media.