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David Sahadi has been a part of the film and
television industry for twenty years. He began his career in 1986 at
NBC Sports in video production. Within four years he was promoted to
the head of on-air promotion for the network’s sports department, the
youngest person ever to hold that position. While at NBC, he wrote and
produced weekly spots for all of the network’s sports programming and
launched image campaigns for the NFL, the NBA, Major League Baseball
and the Barcelona Summer Olympics. He has an Emmy to his credit.
In 1992 he was named Creative Director/On-Air Promotions for WWE
(World Wrestling Entertainment). While there he wrote and directed
thousands of commercials and promotional campaigns, and garnered over
two dozen PROMAX Gold Medallion Awards which recognize creative
excellence in commercial production. He also was integrally involved in
the creation of storylines and talent-development campaigns during
wrestling’s “Attitude Era” in the late 1990’s, helping the industry
reach the apex of main-stream popularity and commercial success. His
writing/directing credits also include four Super Bowl commercials, one
of which was voted Top 5 Super Bowl spots in 1999 by both TV Guide and
Advertising Age magazine.
Sahadi now works part-time for TNA Entertainment in Nashville,
filling the same role he had while at WWE. When not working, he spends
much of his time traveling, hiking and discovering small mountainous
towns all over the continental United States.
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