Sam Longoria (born March 12, 1956) is an American independent filmmaker and former Hollywood visual effects engineer. Longoria began making movies in 1970 at the age of 14. He made a feature-length 35mm film in Enumclaw, Washington, moved to Hollywood in 1978, with occasional film and theatre work in Portland, Oregon, New York, and Chicago. Longoria's Hollywood work, (frequently uncredited) begins in the 1980s, as a member of the technical crew on films such as Ghost Busters, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, Return to Oz, and Captain EO, for which he built and operated 35mm and 65mm cameras and rigs. He also assembled the Imax printer, and the three biggest animation stands in the world, for Boss, Disney, and Film Effects of Hollywood. In 1985, he photographed President Ronald Reagan in the White House for a large-format film documentary. In 1992, he created 35 mm projected backgrounds from small-format film and video elements, for Peter Sellars's production of Paul Hindemith's Opera Mathis der Maler, at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. More recently, Longoria built camera electronics for 1994 film Terminal Velocity, optically enlarged Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen's Super 8mm home movies for 1999 film Five Aces, and performed hydraulic special effects on 1997 film Dante's Peak, which had the largest water dump (650,000 gallons, weighing 5.4 million pounds) in cinema history. Longoria is a member of the Visual Effects Society in Hollywood, and focuses now on making his own films. He has written three filmmaking books, "Secrets Of Raising Money For Your Movie,", "Sam Longoria's Digital Filmmaking Handbook," and "Making Movies With No Money." His other websites: IndyCine Sam Longoria Filmmaking Blog Secret Film School Hollywood SeminarsShoot the big frames onto 65mm film with my animation camera. I offer to donate camera rental, rigging, lighting, and animation time.I always knew it would happen! So many people working hard, to make something big. And yet it's over so quickly. Just like life.