Samuel was born in the city of Bogotá. At the age of fifteen he graduated from school in Bogotá. Afterwards he studied direction, film and televisión production at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University. He courses several film workshops including “The art of metamorphosis” with the filmmaker Joao Pedro Rodríguez.

Besides the university projects, he has worked with Daniel Velázquez as an editor in his documentary “On the Edge of the river” and cinematographer for his tv serie teaser “Calinfierno”.

In 2018, creates the film production company Severus Films and directs his debut short film “Stuprum”.