SAM IRVIN is a veteran filmmaker. After beginning his career as Brian De Palma's assistant on "Dressed to Kill", Irvin has directed a dozen movies, including "Guilty as Charged", "Elvira's Haunted Hills", and "Kiss of a Stranger" (from his own original screenplay). Irvin's other credits include co-executive producing Bill Condon's Academy Award-winning motion picture, "Gods and Monsters". Between projects, he teaches graduate courses on filmmaking at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.