Biography
Born December 17th, 1953 in Casablanca (Morocco), in 1978, along with his brother Victor, Samuel Hadida founded the Metropolitan Filmexport company, which became the most successful independent distribution company in France, with movies like The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1982), Rampage (William Friedkin, 1987), Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992) or Dark City (Alex Proyas, 1998). Afterwards, in 1990, he set up a new company, Davis Films, dedicated to production, the origin of big hits like True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993), An American Werewolf in Paris (Anthony Waller, 1997), Brotherhood of the Wolf (Christophe Gans, 2001), Domino (Tony Scott, 2005) or Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma, 2006).
Sitges Film Festival