Sam Irvin

Birth Name:

Sam Irvin

Birth Place:

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Profession

Director, Actor, Producer, Writer, Soundtrack, Music department, Assistant director, Production manager, Casting department

Graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in media arts in 1978
As a teenager, he was the editor and publisher of a fanzine called "Bizarre," for which he interviewed the likes of Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Diana Rigg
Began his career as an assistant to director Brian De Palma on the film "Dressed to Kill" and went on to direct his first film, "Double Negative," in 1985
Best known as the director of "Elvira's Haunted Hills," "Guilty as Charged" and "Dante's Cove․"

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