Sam Davis (born 1964 in New York City, New York) is a German-American film producer. He is the founder of Germany-based production company Rowboat Film- und Fernsehproduktion, and lives and works in Cologne.

Life

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Davis is a graduate of the University of Southern California and studied German at UCLA. After working at 20th Century Fox, he founded his own company Insight Out Films. In 1992, Davis moved to Frankfurt (Germany), where he wrote and directed the documentary Warum wir hier sind (Why we're here) for the BBC and WDR. From 1993 until 1998, he was head of the TV Movie Department at RTL Television in Cologne. During this time, he was responsible for the development and production of approximately 100 TV movies and miniseries. He introduced Germany to the made-for-TV movie.[1]

In 1998, Davis became a partner and Co-CEO of Cologne-based production company Zeitsprung.[2] He produced event productions, TV movies and series.

From 2004 until 2009, Davis took charge of the German Fiction department of Endemol Germany where he was responsible for TV movie and series productions Liebe ohne Rückfahrschein, Mr. Nanny – Ein Mann für Mama and the two-part London, Liebe, Taubenschlag.

In January 2010, Davis co-founded and became CEO of Rowboat Film- und Fernsehproduktion.[3][4] Rowboat's first TV movie A Day for a Miracle premiered at the Hamburg Film Festival in 2011. In 2012 Davis won the ROMY prize in Austria for Best Producer for A Day for a Miracle. At the International Emmy Award 2013 A Day for a Miracle won in the category TV Movie/Mini-Series.[5][6] Since then Davis has produced Murder by the Lake and Professor T. and Faster Than Fear.[7][8]

Davis is married and has four children.

Awards and nominations

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Filmography

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Publications

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In 2000, Davis book' Quotenfieber - Das Geheimnis erfolgreicher TV-Movies was published.[31] In this book, he writes about the German television broadcasting business, how fictional TV-movies are made, what functions they have and the importance of ratings.

References

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  1. ^ "Time Magazine: Foreign Chick Flicks", accessed November 16, 2017
  2. ^ "Horizont: RTL-TV Movie-Chef Sam Davis wechselt zu Kölner Produktionsgesellschaft Zeitsprung", accessed on October 24, 2017
  3. ^ "Sam Davis und Beta Film gründen Produktionsfirma", accessed on October 24, 2017
  4. ^ "Unitel: Beta Film and Sam Davis in one boat", accessed November 16, 2017
  5. ^ "Winner International Emmy Award 2013", accessed on October 24, 2017
  6. ^ "DWDL: Das größte Risiko ist, kein Risiko einzugehen", accessed on November 16, 2017
  7. ^ "DWDL: Matthias Matschke ist 'Professor T': Wie tickt der denn?", accessed on October 24, 2017
  8. ^ "Blickpunkt Film: Sam Davis produziert neue ZDF-Krimiserie", accessed on November 16, 2017
  9. ^ "Romyverleihung 2012", accessed on October 24, 2017
  10. ^ "Winner International Emmy Award 2013", accessed on October 24, 2017
  11. ^ "Winner International Emmy Award 2013", accessed on October 24, 2017
  12. ^ Fernsehpreis, Der Deutsche. "Preisträger:innen 2022". Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2022 (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  13. ^ "[SDA 2022 Web Mag #7] Winners & Awards ceremony Schedule > Web Magazine | Seoul Drama Awards". www.seouldrama.org. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  14. ^ "A Day for a Miracle" on Rowboat's Website, accessed on November 4, 2013
  15. ^ "Summer in Alsace" on Rowboat's Website, accessed on November 4, 2013
  16. ^ "The End of Lies" on Rowboat's Website, accessed on November 4, 2013
  17. ^ "On the Road with Elsa" on Rowboat's Website, accessed on November 4, 2013
  18. ^ "Summer in Portugal" on Rowboat's Website, accessed on November 4, 2013
  19. ^ "The Homecoming" on Rowboat's Website, accessed on November 4, 2013
  20. ^ "Murder by the Lake - The Celtic Mystery" on Rowboat's Website, accessed on November 4, 2013
  21. ^ "The cold Truth" on Rowboat's Website, accessed on October 6, 2017
  22. ^ "Trust me" on Rowboat's Website, accessed on October 6, 2017
  23. ^ "Because I love you ..." on Rowboat's Website, accessed on October 6, 2017
  24. ^ "Professor T - Season 1" on Rowboat's Website, accessed on October 6, 2017
  25. ^ "Wedding in Rome" on Rowboat's Website, accessed on October 6, 2017
  26. ^ "Productions | Skin And Bones | ROWBOAT Film- und Fernsehproduktion". rowboat.tv. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  27. ^ "Productions | TAKE ME HOME (WT) | ROWBOAT Film- und Fernsehproduktion". rowboat.tv. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  28. ^ "Productions | FASTER THAN FEAR (WT) | ROWBOAT Film- und Fernsehproduktion". rowboat.tv. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  29. ^ "Productions | JEANNY – THE FIFTH GIRL (WT) | ROWBOAT Film- und Fernsehproduktion". rowboat.tv. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  30. ^ "Productions | Between the Lines | ROWBOAT Film- und Fernsehproduktion". rowboat.tv.
  31. ^ Davis, Sam (2000-08-29). Quotenfieber - Das Geheimnis erfolgreicher TV-Movies (in German) (1., Aufl. ed.). Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Verlagsgruppe. ISBN 9783404940073.
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