Sam Lansky

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Biography

Sam Lansky (born September 23, 1988) is an American journalist, author and screenwriter. Lansky was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. After his parents divorced, he lived with his father in Manhattan and attended the Dwight School. Lansky was forcibly entered into a wilderness rehabilitation in Utah at the age of seventeen. Lansky studied at Vassar College and The New School, where he graduated with a degree in creative writing. Subsequently he worked as a freelance music critic, contributing to New York magazine, The Atlantic, Esquire, and Out, among others. Lansky joined the editorial staff of Time in 2014 and became their West Coast editor in 2018. He interviewed and profiled Taylor Swift for Time after she was picked as the Person of the Year in 2023. In 2016, he released his first book The Gilded Razor, a memoir of his troubled teenage years. Lansky's debut novel, Broken People, was published by Hanover Square Press in 2020. In 2023, it was reported that he was the ghostwriter of Britney Spears' memoir, The Woman in Me. Lansky was an executive producer of Tommy Dorfman’s directorial debut I Wish You All the Best (2024) and was a co-writer of the sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Lansky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career Overview

Sam Lansky has 5 screen credits in a career dating back to 2022. Their work is anchored in the I Know What You Did Last Summer universe with 1 titles. Signature works include I Know What You Did Last Summer. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

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Writing
Gender
male
Known Credits
5
Birth Date
1988-09-23 00:00:00
Birth Place
Portland, Oregon, USA

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