Samuel Pigott

Samuel Pigott is a producer, documentary director and biologist from Indiana whose work examines democratic forms of conservation. He places particular emphasis on community ownership of natural resources as a means of economic and environmental empowerment. His current film is titled, How to Get Away with Greenwashing, and is an investigative journey into Chile’s booming private conservation industry that uncovers ecological malpractice, human rights violations, and historical injustices tied to privatization policies. In a region notorious for violence against activists, a group of environmental defenders fight to safeguard their communities and find hope in the face of impunity.

Samuel hopes to capture the nuanced relationships between people and land through this project and future films. His work has been recognized by the Thomas J. Watson Foundation, Climate Week NYC 2024, as a 2024 DX Fellow at the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival, at the HUMAN International Film Festival 2025, and as the Audience Choice winner at the 2025 DocLands DocPitch competition.