Keith Samples

Keith Samples is an American filmmaker and former syndication executive.[1][2]

Keith Samples
BornJuly 24, 1962
Rosemont, Illinois United States
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFilmmaker
EmployerRysher Entertainment

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

Television

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


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