Born
in New York City, Sam is a graduate of the University of Southern
California and studied German at UCLA. After working at 20th Century
Fox, Sam founded his own company Insight Out Films. Sam´s
professional career led him to Frankfurt in 1992 where he wrote and
directed the documentary ”Warum wir hier sind“ (“Why we´re here”)
for the BBC and WDR.
Sam was head of the TV Movie Department at RTL Television in Cologne
from 1993 until 1998. While holding this position, he was responsible
for the development and production of approximately 100 TV-movies and
miniseries.
In 1998, he became a partner and Co-CEO of Cologne-based production
company Zeitsprung, where he produced event productions, TV movies and
series.
From 2004 until 2009, he took charge of the German Fiction department
of Endemol Germany where he was responsible for TV movie and series
productions such as "Liebe ohne Rückfahrschein", "Mr. Nanny - Ein
Mann für Mama" and most recently the two-part "London, Liebe,
Taubenschlag".
Sam co-founded and became CEO of Rowboat in January 2010.
Sam is married and has four children.