Keith Samples
Keith Samples | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Employer | Rysher Entertainment |
Keith Samples is an American filmmaker and former syndication executive.[1][2]
He was graduated in 1977 by the Texas Tech University, in order to pursue a sports career.[1]
He was founder of the film and television production company Rysher Entertainment. He was originally senior vice president of Lorimar-Telepictures, before landing a job at Warner Bros. Television to help them develop projects for syndication.[3]
During his time at Rysher Entertainment, he grew into the biggest movie-making producers in history, developing their own movie projects.[4] On May 27, 1997, he was resigned from Rysher Entertainment and pursue their own projects.[5] He went on to be a movie maker/television director/producer after leaving Rysher, to start his own production company to develop motion pictures and television shows.[6]
For a short period of time, in 2008, he worked at Media Rights Capital's television division.[7] He infamously developed The CW's own Sunday night programming block under a time-lease agreement, but it flopped after a few viewings and poor ratings.[8][9] He was fired after only a few months working at MRC.[10]
Filmography[]
Film[]
- Above Suspicion (1995)
- Big Night (1996)
- The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)
- Election (1999)
- Love Lies Bleeding (2008)
- Single White Female 2: The Psycho (2005)
- A Smile Like Yours (1997)
- Switchback (1997)
- Walking Tall (2004)
Television[]
References[]
- ^ a b "BIO & RESUME". Keith Samples. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra "Keith Samples – Full Biography", Allmovie. Retrieved on July 17, 2008. Media Rights Capital.Deadlinehollywooddaily.com
- ^ "It's Not Always Smooth Sailing". Los Angeles Times. September 24, 1996. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "Rysher Sets To Make Splash Into Pic Pool". Variety. March 6, 1995. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ Busch, Anita M. (May 27, 1997). "Samples ankles Rysher post". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ Hindes, Andrew (June 10, 1997). "Par, MTV give Payne window for 'Election'". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (October 23, 2008). "MRC TV president resigns". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (May 9, 2008). "CW outsources Sunday to MRC". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (November 20, 2008). "CW ends time-buy deal with MRC". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ Finke, Nikki (October 23, 2008). "Knives Out For Fired MRC Prez Samples". Deadline. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
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