Stacey A. Davis

BOARD MEMBER

Stacey Davis is an award-winning filmmaker and entertainment lawyer. In various producer roles, her films include Jockey (Sundance 2021), Swan Song (SXSW 2021), Sword Of Trust (dir. Lynn Shelton, starring Marc Maron), Little Sister (SXSW named by The New Yorker as the best film of 2016), and 1985 (SXSW).

As a filmmaker, Davis’ work highlights strong female characters with authentic voices. She’s written/directed four short films in the last five years, with three of them having collectively screened at over 50 festivals around the world, including in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Davis’ last production, A Hand To Hold, an animated short based on a poem written by Davis, premiered at the Brooklyn Film Festival and continues to screen on the festival circuit. Her most recent work, a documentary style narrative short, premiered at the 2022 Sidewalk Film Festival.

Davis’ most recent script, the political drama The Party, is in development. Her screwball comedy, Burying The Lead, won Best Feature Screenplay at the Broad Humor Film Festival, and she has placed in the following competitions: Nicholl Fellowship, Page (Top 25 in Comedy), and Austin Film Festival. She has participated in Squaw Valley’s Screenwriting Conference, Stowe Story Labs’ Narrative Lab, as well as its Writers’ Retreat program.

As an entertainment lawyer, she’s represented A24, XTR, Erwin Brothers Entertainment, and others on a variety of projects, including The Inspection, Pearl, X, Summering (Sundance 2022), and Minari (Golden Globe Winner). Davis serves as the immediate past-President of the Board of Directors for The Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema and sits on the board of Stowe Story Labs.