page_title: Sam Irvin
hierarchical_section_title: Sam Irvin
caption_attribution_description: English: Head shot of Sam Irvin, self-portrait taken by Sam Irvin
context_page_description: Sam Irvin is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter, actor, author and film teacher.
  Irvin's directing credits include Guilty as Charged, Oblivion, Elvira's Haunted Hills, and all the episodes of two television series: Dante's Cove and From Here on OUT. His other credits include co-executive producer of Bill Condon's Academy Award-winner Gods and Monsters; associate producer of Brian De Palma's Home Movies; and historical consultant on the Tony Award-winner Liza's at the Palace. Irvin authored the acclaimed biography Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise and the children's book parody Sam's Toilet Paper Caper!. Irvin has won two Rondo Awards for Best Article of the Year and Best Interview of the Year. Between projects, Irvin taught graduate courses on directing at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
context_section_description: Sam Irvin (born June 14, 1956) is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter, actor, author and film teacher.
  Irvin's directing credits include Guilty as Charged, Oblivion, Elvira's Haunted Hills, and all the episodes of two television series: Dante's Cove and From Here on OUT. His other credits include co-executive producer of Bill Condon's Academy Award-winner Gods and Monsters; associate producer of Brian De Palma's Home Movies; and historical consultant on the Tony Award-winner Liza's at the Palace. Irvin authored the acclaimed biography Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise (Simon & Schuster) and the children's book parody Sam's Toilet Paper Caper! (Knuckle Samwitch Books). Irvin has won two Rondo Awards for Best Article of the Year ("The Epic Saga Behind Frankenstein: The True Story" published in Little Shoppe of Horrors magazine #38) and Best Interview of the Year ("Elvira Exposed!" published in Screem magazine #36). Between projects, Irvin taught graduate courses on directing at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
caption: Sam Irvin in 2012
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