J.P. Davis

Biography

J.P. Davis is a screenwriter and actor born on New York City's Upper West Side, raised at The Berkshire School and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. His first screenplay, Fighting Tommy Riley, was written with the intention of playing the title role, attracting Oscar-winning mentor William Goldman, who encouraged him to move to Los Angeles. Davis brought his script to micro-budget $130,000 and saw it premier at the Los Angeles Film Festival, where it won a Kodak Award.