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Christie Davis:
Co-Producer, Writer, Director
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| Filmmaker Christie Davis lives in Los Angeles, CA. Currently, she’s co-producing, writing, and directing “Women At War: Forgotten Female Veterans of Desert Storm,” a feature documentary about women veterans’ experiences during 1991’s Desert Storm and their subsequent battles with Gulf War illnesses. The film won the 2006 Roy W. Dean LA Video grant, awarded by Carole Lee Dean’s “From the Heart Productions” to films that are “unique and make a contribution to society.” |
Her 2005 documentary short “Beyond Babylon,” which Christie wrote, directed and co-produced with her husband/partner, Dennis Davis, looks at the true cost of war from 536 B.C. to the current war in Iraq. The award-winning documentary short is currently screening at film festivals around the world including Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, Arpa Film Festival, Anchorage International Film Festival, DC Independent Film Festival, Tiburon International Film Festival, Expresión en Corto, Izmir Short Film Festival, Sedici Corto, Italy and Vision Fest ’06 in NYC. “Beyond Babylon” is included on Academy Award winner (“The Panama Deception”) Barbara Trent’s DVD of her short film “Soldiers Speak Out,” and is part of her filmmakers’ collective www.GoodFilms.org.
In addition, Christie is developing the narrative feature “Breach of Honor” (Nicholl Fellowships Quarter Finalist, Carl Sautter Semi-Finalist, Sundance Institute Finalist), a war story/thriller about Gulf War veterans. “Friendly Fire,” a narrative short film about a veteran with Gulf War illnesses, co-produced, written, and directed by Christie Davis, screened at several film festivals.
Her music video “Jesús,” which she co-produced, co-wrote, edited, and performed in won an AFI/SONY “Visions of America” video award. Christie is a graduate of Northwestern University with a BA in History.
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