Samuel T. "Sam" Wells, 60, of Princeton, died Friday, June 3, 2011 in the University Medical Center at Princeton.

Sam was born in Harrisburg, PA on November, 4 1950, son of the late Stanley C. and Eleanore G. Wells of Princeton. He attended Princeton High School and lived in Princeton and the surrounding area most of his life.

Sam was a highly-regarded film maker and digital media artist. He produced a number of experimental short films, a feature-length avant garde film Wired Angel, and a hybrid film/digital installation Fragrance of Ghosts/Huong, filmed in Viet Nam in 2004. He received several prestigious awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his work has been shown at a number of film festivals, including Sundance, Telluride, and Mannheim International Film Week.

He is survived by a daughter, Julia, of Philadelphia, PA, and a brother, John, of Pennington, NJ.