Sin City announced that veteran editor Sammy Slater has become its newest director, taking over a prominent Sin City Teen series and helming some upcoming titles for the hardcore Mayhem imprint.
Slater has been editing for nearly a decade. Although he still runs Sin City's editing bay, Slater will be taking over duties from Christian Knight for the next phase of the award-nominated Barely 18 series. He will also shoot Mayhem's Bait 4 this weekend.
"The progression from editing and filming to directing titles for Sin City is completely organic," Slater said. "I've been dreaming up new levels of insanity to take the Mayhem lines to over the last year and I'm thrilled that I'm going to get the chance to put some of them in action this weekend. This is going to be the craziest, most out of control, frenetic Mayhem movie
in the history of the line. You can count on it."
Sin City offered this endorsement of its new shooter.
"Sammy is not just a loyal employee who is long overdue his shot," Sin City general manager Scott Justice said. "He's an extremely talented cameraman and director. I have every confidence that he's going to blow away the competition without even trying. That's how good he is."
