Sara "Samm" Barnes is a

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and

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writer, as well as a

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Biography

Though born in

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to Michael and Bridget Barnes, Barnes was raised in Canada, first in

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, then Toronto and finally Vancouver. Her published comics work includes co-authoring the

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, "Strange Beginnings and Endings" for

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, as well ''

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''. Her

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miniseries, "Full Spectrum", won the Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Writer Award at the 2005

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, held at the

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. Her work as a television writer includes multiple produced episodes written across two seasons of the

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series ''

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''. As a co-producer of that series, she also worked in editing, mixing, prep and production. Prior to this, she worked as crew on a variety of

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and feature

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s shot in and around

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, Canada, including ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2005, she won the

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for Outstanding Writer. In 2006, she was selected as one of eight first-time filmmakers to write, direct and produce her first short film for the Crazy 8s Film Festival held in Vancouver, B.C. in June. The film is entitled "Ashes to Ashes." In 2006, she was also a producer for '' Babylon 5: The Lost Tales'', produced for DVD. She also produced, edited and wrote the behind-the-scenes promotional episodes that will be included on the DVD and distributed online. In 2008, she and

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formed an independent production company,

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, as equal partners to produce motion pictures and television series. They have since parted ways.

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