Samad Davis

Samad Davis is an American entrepreneur focusing on film and television development, financing, production and distribution. He is known for directing Three Can Play That Game, Love By Chance and Kings of Jo'burg.

Samad was born in Newark, New Jersey.

Samad began his journey into film in 2001 with the release of 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.

In expanding his work in Africa,he made the first stop in Ghana, where he directed the music video for Becca's "African Woman". His work won the Music Video of the Year at the 2011 4syte Music Video Awards, Ghana.

He also directed the music video for "Dadie Kye" by Samini, a Ghanaian dancehall artiste which won the Most Gifted Ragga Dancehall Video at the Channel O Music Video Awards in 2011.

Samad made his way to South Africa in 2013, where he launched his TV debut, the Top Actor SA (later renamed to Top Actor Africa) as a reality show on Viacom's BET Africa to discover acting talent from Africa.

His biggest break came in 2017, when he directed and released Love By Chance. It featured at the Carthage Film Festival, the Greater Cleveland Film Fest as well as the American Black Film Festival and won the Best International Feature Film at the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival in 2017.

Alongside his business partners creators Shona Ferguson & Connie Ferguson, they launched and Executive Produced Season One of the Kings of Jo'burg franchise, which released December 4, (2020) globally on Netflix. He later Executive Produced and served as the series Showrunner and Lead Director for Season Two of Kings of Joburg released globally in January(2023) on Netflix.