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 Rysher Entertainment, Inc. was an American film and television production company and distributor. It has its roots dating back to 1949 as Bing Crosby Productions, and was best known for the sitcom ''Hogan's Heroes'' and the medical drama ''Ben ...

. He was originally senior vice president of Lorimar-Telepictures, before landing a job at Warner Bros. Television and

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to help them develop projects for syndication. During his time at Rysher Entertainment, he grew the company into the biggest movie-making producers in history, developing their own movie projects. On May 27, 1997, he resigned from

and 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 infamously developed

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'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.

Filmography

Film and Short Film

* '' Above Suspicion'' (1995) * '' Big Night'' (1996) * '' The Death and Life of Bobby Z'' (2007) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Love Lies Bleeding'' (2008) * '' Single White Female 2: The Psycho'' (2005) * '' A Smile Like Yours'' (1997) * ''

Switchback Switchback may refer to: Transportation * A hairpin turn on a road * A horseshoe curve * A zigzagging pedestrian or cycling ramp * A roller coaster, or a roller coaster-like road * A zig zag (railway) * The Switchback, a former railway line in ...

'' (1997) * '' Walking Tall'' (2004)

Television

* '' Everwood'' * '' Felicity'' * '' Freddy's Nightmares'' * ''

Haven Haven or The Haven may refer to: * Harbor or haven, a sheltered body of water where ships can be docked Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Haven (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter), from the novel series * Haven (comics), from the ''X-Men ...

'' * '' The O.C.'' * ''

One Tree Hill One Tree Hill may refer to: * "One Tree Hill" (song), a 1987 song by U2 referencing One Tree Hill, New Zealand volcanic peak * ''One Tree Hill'' (TV series), a 2003–2012 American drama series named for the U2 song ** ''One Tree Hill'' (soundtr ...

'' * '' Oz'' * ''

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* * American film directors American film producers American media executives American television directors American television producers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1950s births Year of birth uncertain {{US-film-producer-stub