2025-26 DET Directing Program – Scripted | Sammi Cannold

Three cheers for 2025-26 DET Scripted Program Director Sammi Cannold, who has directed an episode of ABC/20th’s GREYS’ ANATOMY! A Broadway, film, and television director, Sammi is one of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment, Variety’s 10 Broadway Stars to Watch, Town & Country’s Creative Aristocracy, and a Drama Desk Award winner. In 2025, she was named a Sundance Writers Intensive Fellow and was selected for Dolby and Antigravity Academy’s Short Film Studio. Alongside her husband, she is developing her first feature film, THE HOMECOMING, with the Sundance Institute. In theater and opera, she has directed over 15 full-scale productions on Broadway, at the Kennedy Center, at Lincoln Center, and beyond. Keep up the great work, Sammi!