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Sam Leifer is a writer, director, producer and executive producer best known for co-creating, co-writing and directing the ITV Roman sitcom Plebs which won the Royal Television Society award for Best Scripted Comedy.[1] and the British Comedy Award for Best New Comedy[2] as well as being nominated for two BAFTAs[3][4]
Career
[edit]Leifer studied Classics at Keble College, Oxford.
Together with Tom Basden, he co-created, co-wrote and directed all 5 series of Plebs[5], as well as the feature length special, Soldiers of Rome.
As director, Sam has worked on series including the UK adaptation of Call My Agent,[6] the US version of Friday Night Dinner,[7] two series of Piglets,[8] How Not To Live Your Life,[9] Moving Wallpaper,[10] Gap Year[11] and the BIFA nominated short The 10th Man.[12]
He also co-exec produced Extraordinary for Disney+.[13]
- ↑ "RTS Programme Awards 2014 | Royal Television Society". rts.org.uk. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ "Plebs best new show at Comedy Awards". Digital Spy. 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ "Bafta TV awards 2014: Winners in full". BBC News. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ "Writer: Comedy". Bafta. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ Guide, British Comedy (2012-08-23). "ITV2 orders ancient Roman sitcom Plebs". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ "Ten Percent". Headline Pictures. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ "Dinner with the Parents". ScreenUK. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ "ITV commissions brand new comedy - Piglets".
- ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "How Not To Live Your Life - BBC3 sitcom". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Full Moving Wallpaper cast and crew credits". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Gap Year: Series 1, Episode 8 - Nepal: The End". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ "Winners Nominations · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards". BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. 2006-10-24. Archived from the original on 2024-11-26. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Full Extraordinary cast and crew credits". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
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