«I was born on August 20th 1981, in Lisbon, Portugal.  I was drawn early in life to photography as my father’s hobby was photography and shooting super 8 films.

Because we were inseparable, I would spend hours in his amateur lab, going through magazines, exploring his photographic equipment and looking at his super 8 home made films and so… even before I could read, the magic of cinema had encroached upon me.»

Samuel Amaral  graduated in Cinema, Television and Advertising at the IAT – «Training  and Research Institute for Media and Comunication Technology – Universidade Moderna (2001-2004)

In 2003, during his Training, was invited to accept the function of “Steadicam assistant” which he performed in advertising, films, shortfilms, documentaries and music videos. That’s officially, how he came under the spell of motion pictures.

In 2005, he worked as camera assistant in two epocha series: «Quando os Lobos Uivam» and «Pedro e Inês».

In 2006, started his activity as Video Assistant in his first feature film: « Do outro Lado de Mim»

In 2008, he was admitted at “Planar” – Camera Rental House. He entered the job market as Video Assistant and later on as Image Assistant, having participated in a variety of renowned national and international  productions.

In 2011, travelled to the US in order to fulfill a dream: – further deepen his knowledge in the art of operating a steadicam, with Masters such as Garret Brown, Jerry Hollway, Ruben Slijter, Chris Fawcett and Peter Abraham.

In 2016, in order to improve his technique, participated in Germany in the 25th International Steadicam Workshop and Electronic Stabilizer Simposium, with Masters, such as, Larry McConkey, Peter Robertson, Nicola Pecorini, Patrick De Ranter and Jorg Widmer.

In more recent years, he’s worked  as Steadicam Operator and Camera operator in a huge variety of film productions, commercials and music videos.

Later in 2021, in the midst of the pandemic, and more recently in 2022, Samuel was invited to Egypt, where he performs in several projects like Netflix series and Synergy series, amongst other commercials.