Jeymes Samuel
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Biography
Jeymes Samuel (aka THE BULLITTS) is a filmmaker, producer, singer, songwriter, and composer from the UK.
Under his musical moniker ’The Bullitts’, Jeymes released his highly acclaimed, self produced debut album 'THEY DIE BY DAWN & Other Short Stories', featuring Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def), Tori Amos, Jay Electronica with narration from Lucy Liu.
The album received four HOTTEST RECORD IN THE WORLD awards from BBC Radio One DJ Zane Lowe and contained the song CLOSE YOUR EYES which was awarded SONG OF THE YEAR by Loud & Quiet magazine.
Jeymes directed the 51 minute film, 'THEY DIE BY DAWN', a western that features an all star cast of actors including Rosario Dawson, Michael K. Williams, Erykah Badu and Jesse Williams - to name a few.
Samuel was then handpicked by Jay Z and Baz Luhrmann to be the Executive Music Consultant for Luhrmann's Academy Award winning epic 'THE GREAT GATSBY’. The Grammy nominated album went on to sell over 500 thousand records worldwide, earning it a GOLD certificate by the RIAA.
In 2017, for the highly anticipated release of Jay-Z’s new album 4:44, Jeymes wrote and directed the star studded short film ‘LEGACY’. The film sees Jay-Z tackling the prison system and stars Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon, Ron Perlman, Jesse Williams and others.
Jeymes is currently in pre-production for his new feature film, an epic western entitled 'THE HARDER THEY FALL'. The movie boasts an entirely original soundtrack and score, written and produced by Samuel.