---
name: "Keith Samples"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/keith-samples"
fi1m_id: "keith-samples"
imdb_id: "nm0760131"
tmdb_id: 65115
wikidata_id: "Q6384982"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "22 December 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T04:02:45.567163+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Keith Samples

## Identity

Keith Samples

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/keith-samples
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** keith-samples
- **IMDb ID:** nm0760131
- **TMDB ID:** 65115
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6384982
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Samples, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6384982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0760131/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65115

Director and producer. Born 22 December 1955 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 22 December 1955, United States
- **Active:** 1993–2003
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 4 directing, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Adam Horowitz](https://film.one/person/adam-horowitz.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Barbara Kopple](https://film.one/person/barbara-kopple.md), [Danny Leiner](https://film.one/person/danny-leiner.md), [Darnell Martin](https://film.one/person/darnell-martin.md), [Edward Kitsis](https://film.one/person/edward-kitsis.md), [Ellen S. Pressman](https://film.one/person/ellen-s-pressman.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (5), 2000s 66 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Mystery 1, Sport 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Samples, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6384982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0760131/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65115

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Election*](https://film.one/film/election.md) (86)
- **HBO Max:** [*Oz*](https://film.one/tv/oz.md) (80)
- **Tubi:** [*Party of Five*](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md) (73)
- **Disney+:** [*One Tree Hill*](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Keith Samples is an American film and television director, producer and writer. He founded the production and distribution company Rysher Entertainment in 1991 and served as its CEO until 1997, after which he focused on directing and producing.

As a producer, Samples received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature for *Election* (1999). He has directed more than 70 episodes of prime-time television, including episodes of *The O.C.* (2003), *Oz* (1997), *Dawson's Creek* (1998), *One Tree Hill* (2003), *Haven* (2010), *Roswell* (1999), *Everwood* (2002) and *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993). He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, keithsamples.com, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Directed (4) — the average rests on these

- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Oz* (1997), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *Party of Five* (1994), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), Fi1m 89, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)

### Produced (2)

- *Election* (1999), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/election.md)
- *Big Night* (1996), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/big-night.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Gabby Duran and the Unsittables* (2019), series, Director
- *Hunting Season* (2013), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Haven* (2010), series, Director
- *Republic of Doyle* (2010), series, Director
- *Love Lies Bleeding* (2008), Director
- *The Death and Life of Bobby Z* (2007), Producer
- *Single White Female 2: The Psycho* (2005), Director
- *Jack & Bobby* (2004), series, Director
- *Walking Tall* (2004), Executive Producer
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Like Family* (2003), series, Director
- *The O.C.* (2003), series, Director
- *L.A. Dragnet* (2003), series, Director
- *John Doe* (2002), series, Director
- *Everwood* (2002), series, Director
- *Reba* (2001), series, Director
- *Thieves* (2001), series, Director
- *Gideon's Crossing* (2000), series, Director
- *Bull* (2000), series, Director
- *Wasteland* (1999), series, Director
- *Roswell* (1999), series, Director
- *Jack & Jill* (1999), series, Director
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, Director
- *Election* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/election.md)
- *Felicity* (1998), series, Director
- *Dawson's Creek* (1998), series, Director
- *Switchback* (1997), Executive Producer
- *A Smile Like Yours* (1997), Director, Writer
- *Oz* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *Private Parts* (1997), Executive Producer
- *The Practice* (1997), series, Director
- *Hard Eight* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Turbulence* (1997), Executive Producer
- *The Evening Star* (1996), Producer
- *Big Night* (1996), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/big-night.md)
- *2 Days in the Valley* (1996), Executive Producer
- *House Arrest* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Kingpin* (1996), Executive Producer
- *It Takes Two* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Let It Be Me* (1995), Producer
- *Three Wishes* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Above Suspicion* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Destiny Turns on the Radio* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Judicial Consent* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *Shattered Image* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Weep No More, My Lady* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Freddy's Nightmares* (1988), series, Director

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