Samuel Hadida

Samuel Hadida was born on Dec 17, 1953 in Morocco. Samuel Hadida's big-screen debut came with Only the Strong directed by Sheldon Lettich in 1993. Samuel Hadida is known for Papillon directed by Michael Noer, Charlie Hunnam stars as Henri Charrière ('Papillon') and Damijan Oklopdzic as Doorman. The most recent award Samuel Hadida achieved is Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Samuel Hadida plays is The Bridge of San Luis Rey Remastered which will be released on Jun 14, 2022.

In 1978, on graduating from the University of Paris, Samuel Hadida founded Metropolitan Filmexport through which he has distributed over 100 films in France and French-speaking territories including David Fincher's Seven (1995), the number one box-office hit in France in 1996. In 1990, Hadida set up Davis Films to produce genuinely international projects such as Tony Scott's True Romance (1993), written by Quentin Tarantino (whose debut feature Reservoir Dogs he had distributed in France), and Roger Avary's Killing Zoe (1993).Other films produced by Hadida include Sheldon Lettich's Streetfighter, la rage de vaincre (1993), Christophe Gans' Crying Freeman (1995) and the co-directed H. P. Lovecraft's _Necronomicon (1994)_, Steve Barron's Pinocchio (1996), Matthew Bright's Freeway (1996), Gabriele Salvatores' Nirvana (1997) and Michael Haussman's _Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest (1996)_. Hadida recently produced the epic fantasy blockbuster _Pacte des Loups, Le (2001)_ (Brotherhood of the Wolf), directed by Christophe Gans, a box-office hit in France, and Resident Evil (2002).