Keith Samples

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Keith Samples
Born1955or1956(age 68–69) [1]
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active1975–present
Employer Rysher Entertainment (1991-1999)
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Keith Samples (born 1955 or 1956 [1] ) is an American filmmaker and former syndication executive. [2] [3] [4]

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He graduated in 1977 at the Texas Tech University and pursued a sports career. [2]

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 and Walt Disney Television to help them develop projects for syndication. [1]

During his time at Rysher Entertainment, he grew the company developing their own movie projects. [5] On May 27, 1997, he resigned from Rysher Entertainment and pursue his own projects. [6] 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. [7]

For a short period of time, in 2008, he worked at Media Rights Capital's television division. [8] 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. [9] [10] He was fired after only a few months working at MRC. [11]

Filmography

Film and Short Film

Television

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eller, Claudia (September 24, 1996). "It's Not Always Smooth Sailing". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "BIO & RESUME". Keith Samples. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  3. ↑ Brennan, Sandra. "Keith Samples – Full Biography". The New York Times . AllMovie. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
  4. ↑ Finke, Nikki (October 22, 2008). "Who's To Blame For MRC's CW Debacle?". Deadline .
  5. ↑ "Rysher Sets To Make Splash Into Pic Pool". Variety . March 6, 1995. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  6. ↑ Busch, Anita M. (May 27, 1997). "Samples ankles Rysher post". Variety . Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  7. ↑ Hindes, Andrew (June 10, 1997). "Par, MTV give Payne window for 'Election'". Variety . Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  8. ↑ Schneider, Michael (October 23, 2008). "MRC TV president resigns". Variety . Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  9. ↑ Schneider, Michael (May 9, 2008). "CW outsources Sunday to MRC". Variety . Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  10. ↑ Schneider, Michael (November 20, 2008). "CW ends time-buy deal with MRC". Variety . Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  11. ↑ Finke, Nikki (October 23, 2008). "Knives Out For Fired MRC Prez Samples". Deadline . Retrieved December 15, 2021.


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