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Sam Sokolow is the President of EUE/Sokolow, a Los Angeles and New York based independent television studio. EUE/Sokolow sits at the crossroads of distributors, studios, A-List Talent, intellectual property and independent financing.
At EUE/Sokolow, Sam oversees all aspects of television & film development and production, including script and format creation & the packaging of intellectual properties as well as full third party production services - every aspect of bringing television shows, limited series and films to market. Currently, Sam is executive producer of GENIUS, a scripted series for National Geographic Network.
The first season of GENIUS depicted the life of Albert Einstein with Geoffrey Rush starring as Einstein and Ron Howard directing the pilot. GENIUS: EINSTEIN garnered ten 2017 Emmy nominations including a Best Limited Series nomination for Sam.
The second season of GENIUS, GENIUS: PICASSO, depicts the life of Pablo Picasso with Antonio Banderas starring as Picasso and will premiere on April 24, 2018.
Sam is currently developing series based on books by authors such as Tom Wolfe, TC Boyle, Deepak Chopra and AJ Mendez Brooks.
Since opening their doors at the beginning of 2011, EUE/Sokolow has set up television projects at HBO, ABC, Nat Geo, NBCUniversal Television, TNT, Freeform, E!, LMN, HLN, OWN, & Travel Channel.
Previously, Sam served as a founder and Co-CEO of SokoLobl Entertainment, an independent television production company based in Los Angeles.
Prior to that, Sam co-wrote, produced and directed the award-winning independent feature film The Definite Maybe, starring Josh Lucas, Roy Scheider and Bob Balaban.
In 1999, Sam became the first filmmaker to self-distribute his own feature film via the Internet, a groundbreaking initiative that landed him on Good Morning America and in Time Magazine.
In 2000, Sam served as Co-President of Homemade Entertainment, a venture capital backed television content website.
In 1999, Sam worked in the marketing department of the NFL in New York, where he helped develop strategic marketing campaigns for the NFL brand.
1994 to 1997, Sam served as a television & radio commercial producer for Wells, Rich & Greene Advertising. He was an Associate Producer on Barbara Kopple's Emmy Award-winning CBS movie Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson.
From 1993-1994, Sam held a position as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News covering crime and community affairs for the Manhattan and Queens Metro section. Sam has been a client of the elite Creative Artists Agency (CAA) since 2001.
