Sam Harper

Sam Harper is an American filmmaker.

Career Blue Lagoon in Port Antonio, Jamaica. Harper performed here as a youth. Harper was born into an artistic family with a father who was a painter and a mother who was a writer. After college, he worked as a reporter and associate editor for the advertising industry trade publication Advertising Age in New York City before coming to California to work as a story analyst. He is perhaps best known for the 2003 romantic comedy film Just Married starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy which achieved neutral to negative reviews but which had substantial profitability. Harper based the story, in part, on his own self-declared less-than-idyllic honeymoon in Italy with his wife.

Harper is the son of painter and advertising agency chairman of Needham Harper Worldwide Paul Harper Jr., and has five siblings including actress Jessica Harper, composer William Harper, illustrator Lindsay Harper duPont, Rev. Charles Harper and Diana Harper. He is the father of three boys.

Film projects +YearFilmMediumRole(s)Notes1993 Rookie of the Year Film Screenwriter 2003 Cheaper by the Dozen Film Screenwriter With Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow 2006 Open Season Film Screenwriter Uncredited 2011 Rio Film Screenwriter With Don Rhymer, Joshua Sternin and Jennifer Ventimilia Overparenting Screenwriter (in development) The Jetsons Screenwriter (in development) In Harm's Way Screenwriter (in development)