Keith Samples
Keith Samples (born 1955 or 1956) is an American filmmaker and former syndication executive. He graduated in 1977 at the Texas Tech University and pursued a sports career. He was founder of the film and television production company Rysher Entertainment.
Keith Samples
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- Keith Samples
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- Filmmaker
- Nationality
- United States
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Keith Samples (born 1955 or 1956) is an American filmmaker and former syndication executive. He graduated in 1977 at the Texas Tech University and pursued a sports career. He was founder of the film and television production company Rysher Entertainment.
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Biography
Biography
He was originally senior vice president of Lorimar-Telepictures, before landing a job at Warner Bros. Television and Walt Disney Television to help them develop projects for syndication. During his time at Rysher Entertainment, he grew the company by developing their own movie projects. On May 27, 1997, he resigned from Rysher Entertainment to pursue his own projects. He went on to be a movie maker/television director/producer after leaving Rysher, starting his own production company to develop motion pictures and television shows. For a short period of time, in 2008, he worked at Media Rights Capital's television division. He developed The CW's own Sunday night programming block under a time-lease agreement, but it flopped after a few viewings and poor ratings. He was fired after only a few months working at MRC.
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Key facts
• Name — Keith Samples • Occupation — Filmmaker • Years Active — 1975–present • Employer — Rysher Entertainment (1991-1999) • Style — * Comedy • Fantasy • Thriller • Action • Adventure
Television
Television
• Everwood • Felicity • Freddy's Nightmares • Haven • The O.C. • One Tree Hill • Oz • The Practice
Film and Short Film
• Above Suspicion (1995) • Big Night (1996) • A Smile Like Yours (1997) • Switchback (1997) • Election (1999) • Walking Tall (2004) • Single White Female 2: The Psycho (2005) • The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007) • Love Lies Bleeding (2008)
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- 1.BIO & RESUME. Keith Samples.
- 2.Brennan, Sandra. Keith Samples – Full Biography. The New York Times. AllMovie.
- 3.Finke, Nikki. Who's To Blame For MRC's CW Debacle?. Deadline. October 22, 2008.
- 4.Eller, Claudia. It's Not Always Smooth Sailing. Los Angeles Times. September 24, 1996.
- 5.Rysher Sets To Make Splash Into Pic Pool. Variety. March 6, 1995.
- 6.Busch, Anita M. Samples ankles Rysher post. Variety. May 27, 1997.
- 7.Hindes, Andrew. Par, MTV give Payne window for 'Election'. Variety. June 10, 1997.
- 8.Schneider, Michael. MRC TV president resigns. Variety. October 23, 2008.
- 9.Schneider, Michael. CW outsources Sunday to MRC. Variety. May 9, 2008.
- 10.Schneider, Michael. CW ends time-buy deal with MRC. Variety. November 20, 2008.
- 11.Finke, Nikki. Knives Out For Fired MRC Prez Samples. Deadline. October 23, 2008.
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