Keith Samples | |
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Born | 1955 or 1956 (age 67–68) [1] |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 1975–present |
Employer | Rysher Entertainment (1991-1999) |
Style |
Keith Samples (born 1955 or 1956 [1]) is an American filmmaker and former syndication executive. [2] [3] [4]
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]
Keith Samples | |
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Born | 1955 or 1956 (age 67–68) [1] |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 1975–present |
Employer | Rysher Entertainment (1991-1999) |
Style |
Keith Samples (born 1955 or 1956 [1]) is an American filmmaker and former syndication executive. [2] [3] [4]
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]