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Samad Davis

American film producer

Samad Davis is an American film producer and director, He directed Three Can Play That Game, Love By Chance[1] and Kings of Jo'burg.[2]

Early life

Samad was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey.[3]

Career

Samad began his film career in 2001 with "Comedy Only in Da Hood". In 2007, Samad directed Three Can Play That Game, a sequel to the 2002 movie, Two Can Play That Game.[citation needed]

To expand his work in Africa, he began in Ghana, where he directed the music video for Becca's "African Woman". His work won Music Video of the Year at the 2011 4syte Music Video Awards, a Ghanaian awards ceremony.[4]

In 2011, Davis directed the music video for "Dadie Kye" by Samini, a Ghanaian dancehall artiste.[5][6] The video was awarded Most Gifted Ragga Dancehall Video at the Channel O Music Video Awards in 2011 and gave Ghana its first Channel O Music Video Award.[6]

In 2013 his professional journey in television began when he launched

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Today we’d like to introduce you to Samad Davis.

Samad, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey U.S.A., a city rich with history and tuition free, school of hard knocks lessons that would eventually mold me into the man I am today. Growing up in a rough city gave me a 6th sense in life that I wouldn’t trade for the world. This 6th sense allows me to quickly assess people, situations and potential outcomes. Growing up in Newark, also motivated me to dream big and hustle harder than the next person, in hopes to make it out of the “hood” and hopefully see the world.

I come from a long line of entrepreneurs on both sides of my family and thus, being an entrepreneur is in my DNA. I’ve never had a normal job before. Later in life, I’ve served as a contractor on behalf of my own company, providing a service to another company, but never have I had a full-on job or career working for someone else’s company. I’m just not wired that w

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Samad Davis

Samad Davis is a U.S based entrepreneur, philanthropist and international film and television financier, content creator and distributor who has been working in various sectors across U.S. and Africa for well over a decade.

He has developed a very robust and influential business network across the United States, Africa, Europe, UAE, Asia and India, with a strong focus on developing business and trade opportunities between the U.S private sector and emerging markets in Africa.  Through his various global relationships, he has been able to marry the various business sectors he’s involved in seamlessly. Merging Hollywood with content creation in Africa, content with brands & ad agencies, content & brands with his digital branding integration technology, and then ultimately merging it all with large scale television networks and or streaming platforms for global consumption. This is how it all comes together for Samad Davis.

Samad’s personal legacy mantra is; “Bridging cultural gaps between America and Africa through the

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