---
name: "Samuel Hadida"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samuel-hadida"
fi1m_id: "samuel-hadida"
imdb_id: "nm0352820"
tmdb_id: 4697
wikidata_id: "Q1228933"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 December 1953"
died: "26 November 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-19T04:00:49.227340+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Samuel Hadida

## Identity

Samuel Hadida

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samuel-hadida
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samuel-hadida
- **IMDb ID:** nm0352820
- **TMDB ID:** 4697
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1228933
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hadida, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1228933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352820/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4697

Producer. Born 17 December 1953 in Casablanca, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]. Died 26 November 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 December 1953, Casablanca, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
- **Died:** 26 November 2018
- **Active:** 1993–2012
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as producer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 61 (5), 2010s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 60 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Crime 3, Drama 2, Horror 2, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $451m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hadida, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1228933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352820/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4697

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus*](https://film.one/film/the-imaginarium-of-doctor-parnassus.md) (65)

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## Biography

Samuel Hadida (17 December 1953 – 26 November 2018) was a Moroccan-born French film producer and distributor.

In 1978 he co-founded Metropolitan Filmexport with his brother Victor, later establishing Davis Films in 1990. The companies specialised in distributing and producing international films, with Hadida's credits including *True Romance* (1993), *Brotherhood of the Wolf* (2001), the *Silent Hill* films and multiple entries in the *Resident Evil* series.

He produced *Resident Evil* (2002) and *Resident Evil: The Final Chapter* (2016), and served in producing or executive producing roles on other franchise instalments as well as *The Expendables 3* (2014) and *The Hitman's Bodyguard* (2017).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Killing Them Softly* (2012), Fi1m 68, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/killing-them-softly.md)
- *The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus* (2009), Fi1m 65, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-imaginarium-of-doctor-parnassus.md)
- *The Black Dahlia* (2006), Fi1m 56, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-dahlia.md)
- *Good Night, and Good Luck.* (2005), Fi1m 83, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/good-night-and-good-luck.md)
- *Resident Evil: Apocalypse* (2004), Fi1m 43, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-apocalypse.md)
- *Resident Evil* (2002), Fi1m 56, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-2002.md)
- *True Romance* (1993), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/true-romance.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Return to Silent Hill* (2026), In Memory Of
- *The Crow* (2024), Producer
- *Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard* (2021), Co-Executive Producer
- *Sisters in Arms* (2019), Producer
- *Rambo: Last Blood* (2019), Co-Executive Producer
- *Lucky Day* (2019), Producer
- *Andy* (2019), Producer
- *Dance of Chance* (2019), Producer
- *The Best Years of a Life* (2019), Producer
- *Hunter Killer* (2018), Co-Executive Producer
- *Love Addict* (2018), Producer
- *Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures* (2018), Producer
- *Suburbicon* (2017), Co-Executive Producer
- *The Hitman's Bodyguard* (2017), Co-Executive Producer
- *Loue-moi !* (2017), Producer
- *Retaliation Mode: Making 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter'* (2017), Producer
- *Everyone's Life* (2017), Producer
- *Resident Evil: The Final Chapter* (2016), Producer
- *Mechanic: Resurrection* (2016), Co-Executive Producer
- *Criminal* (2016), Co-Executive Producer
- *Un + une* (2015), Producer
- *The Scent of Mandarin* (2015), Executive Producer
- *The Expendables 3* (2014), Co-Producer
- *The Railway Man* (2013), Co-Executive Producer
- *Silent Hill: Revelation 3D* (2012), Producer
- *Killing Them Softly* (2012), Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/killing-them-softly.md)
- *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen* (2012), Co-Executive Producer
- *10 jours en or* (2012), Producer
- *In Search Of the Dead Eaters* (2011), Producer
- *Conan the Barbarian* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Blitz* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Resident Evil: Afterlife* (2010), Producer
- *Solomon Kane* (2009), Producer
- *The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-imaginarium-of-doctor-parnassus.md)
- *The Secret of Moonacre* (2009), Producer
- *Resident Evil: Extinction* (2007), Producer
- *88 Minutes* (2007), Co-Producer
- *The Black Dahlia* (2006), Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-dahlia.md)
- *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Silent Hill* (2006), Producer
- *Lassie* (2005), Producer
- *Domino* (2005), Producer, Presenter
- *Good Night, and Good Luck.* (2005), Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/good-night-and-good-luck.md)
- *The Bridge of San Luis Rey* (2004), Producer
- *Battle of the Brave* (2004), Producer
- *Five Children and It* (2004), Producer
- *Resident Evil: Apocalypse* (2004), Executive Producer — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-apocalypse.md)
- *Gift From Above* (2003), Producer
- *Spider* (2002), Producer
- *Break of Dawn* (2002), Co-Producer
- *Sweat* (2002), Producer
- *Resident Evil* (2002), Producer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-2002.md)
- *Dancing at the Blue Iguana* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Brotherhood of the Wolf* (2001), Producer
- *The Little Vampire* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Inferno* (1999), Producer
- *The Big Brass Ring* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Legionnaire* (1998), Producer
- *The Expert* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Crying Freeman* (1995), Producer
- *Necronomicon* (1993), Producer
- *Killing Zoe* (1993), Producer
- *True Romance* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/true-romance.md)

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