NEWS  

• 2/4/25 -
• 2/1/25 - The Monitor is an Official Selection at the Brightside Tavern Short Film Festival (MARCH) & the Pottsville Film Festival (MAY)
• 11/24/24 - The Monitor is an Official Selection of the Thing in the Basement Horror Fest
• 11/21/24 - Sam was cast in a commercial for the Virginia State Lottery
• 11/20/24 - Sam was cast in a commercial for NutriTears Dry Eye Supplements
• 10/28/24 - The Monitor is an Official Selection of the Diabolical Horror Film Festival. 
• 10/18/24 - The Monitor will have its NY premiere at the Big Apple Film Festival on Tuesday, November 19th at 8:30pm. 
• 9/26/24 - The Monitor was nominated for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller at the Couch Film Festival. 
• 9/25/24 - The Monitor was nominated for Best Film and Isaac Platizky won Best Actor for it at the Grove Film Fetsival. 
• 9/9/24 - The Monitor is an Official Selection of the Grove Film Festival in Jersey City, NJ. 
• 8/29/24 - The Monitor is an Official Selection of the Spooky Empire Film Festival in Orlando FL. 
• 8/2/24 - The Monitor won Best Horror Film at the Gen Con Film Festival!
• 8/2/24 - The Monitor will play in the Horror Shorts Block at 9pm at the Gen Con Film Festival in Indianapolis. 
• 7/22/24, 7/24/24, and 7/27/24 - That’s Showbiz, Baby! has its world premiere at the Hudson Guild Theatre

That’s Showbiz, Baby! Press: 

• Jersey Journal/NJ.com; 
• Broadway World
• Theater Mania

• 7/19/24 - Roll Check makes its Texas debut at the Panther City Film Festival in the 8:45pm block where it is nominated for Best Comedy Short
• 6/21/24 - The Monitor, directed by Sam, made its world premiere at the Golden Door IFF in Jersey City. It was nominated for Best Short Film, Best Actress in a Short (Alicia Giangrisostomi), and Best Actor in a Short (Isaac Platizky). 
• 6/3/24 - The Monitor, directed by Sam, won Best Thriller at the NJ Film Awards. 
• 5/24/24 - Roll Check is an Official Selection of the Panther City Film Festival in Fort Worth. 
• 5/19/24 - The Monitor, directed by Sam, is an Official Selection of the Golden Door IFF. 4/12
• 8/13/23 - Roll Check won Best Concept at the Summer 2023 Brightside Tavern Short Film Festival. 
• 4/12/24 - Toilet Prayers, written and directed by Sam, won Best Concept at the 2024 Rhino Comedy Shorts Film Festival. 
• 8/1/23 - Roll Check & Blaming George Romero: Remastered are both Official Selections of the 2023 Gen Con Film Festival. 
• 7/15/23 - Tales from the Narrow Bridge won Best Comedy Feature and the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature at the 2023 Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase. 
• 6/28/23 - Tales from the Narrow Bridge won Best Ensemble at the Grove Film Festival. 
• 6/25/23 - Sam won Best Actor for his work in Roll Check at the 2023 Golden Door IFF. 
• 6/11/23 - Tales from the Narrow Bridge won Best Horror Feature at the 2023 Horror Hotel Film Festival. 
• 6/1/23 - Roll Check won Best Comedy Short at the NJ Film Awards. 
• 4/28/23 - Roll Check won Best Actor (Sam Platizky) and Best Film at the 2023 Rhino Comedy Short Film Festival. 
• 1/17/23 - Tales from the Narrow Bridge won Best Adventure/Fantasy/VFX Film at the MLC Awards. 
• 12/4/22 - Tales from the Narrow Bridge won Best Film at the Northeast Film Festival Horror Fest. 
• 8/31/22 - Tales from the Narrow Bridge is an Official Selection of the Orlando Film Festival that runs from October 27th - November 3rd. 
• 8/17/22 - Tales from the Narrow Bridge is an Official Selection of the New Jersey Horror Con & Film Festival. This horror anthology screened at 8pm on Friday, September 16th!
• 7/22/22 - Tales from the Narrow Bridge: The Wyrmwood Devil won Best Ensemble at the 2022 Bergen International Film Festival. 
• 7/10/22 - The Acceptance Letter of Benjamin Doyle, written by Sam, is a Quarter Finalist in the 2022 ScreenCraft Feature Competition. 
• 6/12/22 - Tales from the Narrow Bridge: The Wyrmwood Devil won Best Feature Film at the 2022 Jersey City Horror Film Festival. 
• 5/1/22 - Tales from the Narrow Bridge: The Wyrmwood Devil is an Official Selection of the Gen Con Film Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. It will screen on August 4th. Sam was a writer, actor, director, editor, and producer on this film.
• 3/21/22 - Tales from the Narrow Bridge: The Wyrmwood Devil is going to have its world premiere at the 2022 Golden Door International Film Festival in May. Sam was a writer, actor, director, editor, and producer on this film. 
• 11/23/21 - Sam's screenplay, Off-Script, has been nominated for Best Feature Comedy Screenplay at the 9th annual Austin Revolution Film Festival that will be taking place in early 2022.

• 10/1/21 - Blaming George Romero, written, starring, and produced by Sam won Best Concept at the September NJ Film Awards. 
• 9/24/21 - Ghost Tour, written and starring Sam, screened at the 10th annual Golden Door International Film Festival. 
• 9/16/21 - Ghost Tour, written and starring Sam, screened at the Gen Con Film Festival in Indiana. 
• 8/1/21 - Sam wrapped production on the upcoming horror anthology Tales from the Narrow Bridge: The Wyrmwood Devil.  

5/4/21 - "First!" (written, co-directed, and starring Sam), "Last Rehearsal of the Dangerous Kitten (starring Sam), and the award winning "Yellow Scare" (written by & starring Sam) can all now be streamed on the IFT Network. Download the app and start streaming now!

5/1/21 - "Cupid's First Day" (starring Sam) won Best Comedy Short at the April NJ Film Awards. 

• 10/10/2020 - First! written, co-directed, co-starring, edited, and produced by Sam won a DIRECTORS' CHOICE AWARD & Off Script won Best Comedy Screenplay at the 2020 Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase
• 9/8/2020 - Tell Me Something Good, Cupid's First Day, & Last Rehearsal of the Dangerous Kitten will all be playing at the virtual 2020 Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival. (3:35pm, 11am, and 7pm respectively)
• 8/27/2020 - First! was nominated for Best Foreign Short/Micro-Short and Off-Script was nominated for Best Overall Feature & Best Comedy Feature Screenplay at the 2020 Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase. 
• 8/22/2020- Sam acted in The Good Host, one of the segments in Narrow Bridge Films' Horror Anthology Tales From the Narrow Bridge: The Wyrmwood Devil.
• 8/17/2020 - First! & I've Got You Beat are Official Selections of the 10th Annual Diamond Anniversary Golden Door International Film Festival.
• 8/13/2020 - Yellow Scare is now available to stream on Amazon Prime. 
• 8/12/2020 - I've Got You Beat won an Outstanding Achievement Award for Comedy Short & Yellow Scare won Outstanding Achievement Awards for Narrative Feature, Feature Screenplay, and Best Actor (Sam Platizky) at the Tagore International Film Festival. 
• 7/20/2020 - Off-Script is an Official Selection at the Austin Revolution Film Festival occurring in March 2021. 
• 7/12/2020 - Off-Script, First!, I've Got You Beat, and Last Rehearsal of the Dangerous Kitten are all Official Selections of the 2020 Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase. 
• 7/9/2020 - Sam was nominated for Best Actor in a Horror/Thriller at the Summer Brightside Tavern Short Film Festival for his work in Blackout.
• 7/2/2020 - Sam was interviewed on JHS Interviews Presents... with John Henry Soto. 

• 6/4/2020 - I've Got You Beat & First! are Official Selections of the 2020 Gen Con Film Festival. 
• 5/1/2020 - Distancing Monologues, written & starring Sam, premiered on the Narrow Bridge Films website. 
• 4/21/2020 - I've Got You Beat is an Official Selection of the 2020 End of Days Film Festival. 
• 3/25/2020 - Yellow Scare is now available to purchase on Blu-Ray & DVD on Amazon. 
• 3/24/2020 - Sam wrote in starred in Quarantine Night Live, a collection of short shorts that were filmed towards the beginning of the 2020 pandemic. 
• 3/12/2020 - Sam stars as Benedict Arnold in a Ticker Tocker Commercial that just began airing on TV in the Tri-State area.