Sam Irvin

Sam Irvin is an American director, producer, screenwriter, author and teacher. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, he worked in his family's movie theaters before studying media arts at the University of South Carolina, and he interned on Brian De Palma's The Fury. He later assisted De Palma on Dressed to Kill and produced The First Time. His first directing effort, the short Double Negative, played at Sundance and earned a Gold Hugo nomination. He directed the features Oblivion (1994), Magic Island (1995) and Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001), and all the episodes of the television series Dante's Cove and From Here on OUT. He co-executive produced Gods and Monsters and wrote the biography Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise. He won two Rondo Awards and taught directing at the University of Southern California.