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Sam Sokolow is a two time Emmy-nominated television Producer and currently the founder of Nice Media Studios, a Los Angeles and Toronto based independent television studio. At Nice Media Studios, Sam oversees all aspects of television & film development and physical production, including the acquisition and packaging of intellectual properties, script & format development, sales and full service third party production services in both the US and abroad - every aspect of building an independent television company, team-building, managing physical production and bringing television shows, limited series and films to the screen. 

Sam is currently Executive Producer of GENIUS, a scripted series for National Geographic Network. Sam developed GENIUS from book to series. 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 - depicted the life of Pablo Picasso with Antonio Banderas starring as Picasso and garnered seven 2018 Emmy nominations including a Best Limited Series nomination for Sam. The third season of GENIUS – GENIUS: ARETHA - depicts the life of “The Queen Of Soul” Aretha Franklin, with Cynthia Erivo portraying Aretha and Suzan-Lori Parks showrunning, and will premiere in 2020. 

Sam is a teacher and a mentor. Sam has taught college and graduate level classes at the Boston University LA Program for the last 4 years. His classes at BULA, “Careers in Hollywood” and “A Creative Life In Television”, give students real world tools that they can use when seeking their first jobs in the entertainment industry and when rising through the industry. Sam has also guest lectured at UCLA, USC and Loyola Marymount. He has mentored students from colleges that range from American University to The University of Wisconsin. 

Previously, Sam served as the President of EUE/Sokolow, an independent television studio located in Los Angeles and New York and prior to that Sam was a founding partner of SokoLobl Entertainment, an independent television production company based in Los Angeles. 

In 2000, Sam served as Co-President of Homemade Entertainment, a venture capital backed television and media content website. In 1997, 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 digital distribution initiative that landed him on Good Morning America and in Time Magazine.

Previously, Sam created and produced world-class advertising and marketing campaigns for agencies such as Wells Rich Green, Moss/Dragoti and Partners & Shevack.