Sam Sokolow is the Head of Certification at Stage 32. Stage 32 is the largest online international platform for educating and connecting film, TV, and digital creatives boasting over one million members worldwide. Stage 32 is the largest online international platform for educating and connecting film, TV, and digital creatives boasting over onemillion members worldwide. Stage 32’s education partners include some of the most prestigious brands in the entertainment businessincluding Netflix, the Cannes Film Festival, The American Film Market, Variety, dozens of film festivals, commissions, markets,and many more industry-leading entities. Sam is also a 2-time Emmy nominated television and film producer. Sam is an Executive Producer of GENIUS, a scripted series for National Geographic Network and Disney+. 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 2018Emmy nominations including a Best Limited Series nomination for Sam. The third season of GENIUS – GENIUS:ARETHA - depicted the life of “The Queen Of Soul” Aretha Franklin, with Cynthia Erivo portraying Aretha and Suzan-Lori Parks showrunning and garnered three 2021 Emmy nominations. Season 4 of GENIUS – GENIUS MLK/X -depicted the lives of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X and premiered on ABC and Nat Geo on February 1st, 2024 and aired on Disney+ and Hulu the next night.