Jeff Davis (born June 13, 1975) is an American writer and television producer. He is best known for creating the drama series ''

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'' and '' Teen Wolf'', the latter being a reboot of the 1985 film of the same name.

Early life

Davis was born in

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. He graduated from

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely fol ...

with a degree in film and he then went on to receive a master's degree in screenwriting from the

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. Davis worked as a script reader, editorial assistant, writer for computer software manuals and computer support specialist in Los Angeles while struggling to sell his own writing.

Career

In 2003, Davis sold a script to

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that eventually became the hit series ''

''. He served as co-executive producer during the first season of the show. In 2011, Davis began talks with MTV about a reboot of the Michael J. Fox '80s comedy '' Teen Wolf''. He says he jumped at the project due to his love of the horror genre. He notes among his influences writers

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and

Thomas Harris William Thomas Harris III (born 1940/1941) is an American writer, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter. The majority of his works have been adapted into films and television, the most nota ...

. Davis has also stated that he is a fan of ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Moonlighting''. As executive producer, head writer and show creator, Jeff Davis was the creative force behind ''Teen Wolf''. After the second season of ''Teen Wolf'' ended, Davis split his time between Los Angeles and Atlanta, Georgia, where he filmed the show. Davis sold a series adaption of the Swedish horror film '' Let the Right One In'', for the U.S. television channel A&E. The script was then ordered to pilot at TNT. The pilot was shot in Vancouver, but ultimately TNT decided not to proceed with a series. More recently, he signed a deal with MTV Entertainment Studios through his First Cause production company.

Personal life

Davis is openly gay. Davis is also a fan of Batman, to the point of even naming characters from his hit TV show Teen Wolf, after characters in Batman.

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