Elie Samaha (Arabic: إيلي سماحة) is a film producer in Los Angeles, with production credits beginning with The Immortals in 1995.
Franchise Pictures sought out stars whose projects were stalled at the major studios, bringing them aboard at reduced salaries.
[2] His unorthodox deals raised eyebrows and the entertainment industry magazine Variety commented that they were "often so complex and variable as to leave outsiders scratching their heads".
"[4] He is currently the President of Take 3 Productions, which produced Breaking Brooklyn (2016), a dance film starring Louis Gossett Jr., Nathan Kress and Colin Critchley.
[6] In 2021, he founded Luminosity Entertainment, alongside film industry veteran Daniel Diamond and GVN Releasing CEO Geno Taylor, to distribute, produce, and finance movies in the U.S., as well as handle international sales,[7] in which headquartered in West Hollywood.