Posted: Thurs., Jun. 10, 2004, 6:47pm PT

Endemol taps Davis

World Brief

By ED MEZA

Sam Davis, formerly with TV movie production company Zeitsprung, has taken over as head of fiction at Endemol Deutschland.

Davis came to Germany from 20th Century Fox in 1993 to establish RTL's inhouse movie production. In 1998, he joined independent shingle Zeitsprung, which produced "Das Wunder von Lengede" ("A Light in Dark Places").

His first production with Endemol will be "Einmal Liebe und zurueck" (Return Ticket to Love) for Haim Saban's web Sat 1, helmed by Oliver Dommenget.

Davis is replacing Susanne Wagner, who is becoming executive producer Entertainment Daytime at RTL.

Separately, RTL's joint subsidiary with Disney, kids channel Super RTL, has announced the appointment of Thomas Greven as executive producer of inhouse production. Greven has been with Super RTL since 1995.


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