Nic Davis is an American documentary filmmaker. Davis produced and directed the 2021 documentary film ''Enormous: The Gorge Story''.

Life and career

Davis was raised in Bozeman, Montana. He graduated from

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in 2006 and then attended college in

Missoula Missoula ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot River, Bitterroot and Blackfoot River (Montana), ...

where he graduated from The

University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana, United States. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. Fall 2024 saw total enrollment hit 10,811, marki ...

with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. He currently lives between Los Angeles, CA and Bozeman. During the early part of his career, Davis worked as a director, cinematographer, and editor for networks and clients including BBC, Disney, Live Nation, Daimler-Benz, CNN, Bloomberg, Cadillac, Hulu, and Discovery. He was the director and cinematographer of the music video for JP Saxe's Sad Corny F*ck. Other artists and actors he has worked with include Jennifer Garner, Seth Rogen, Jason Mraz, Killer Mike (Run the Jewels), Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews. In 2011, he launched the production company, 4:08 Productions. Davis’ most notable production is the film ''Enormous: The Gorge Story'', a documentary about the

Gorge Amphitheatre The Gorge Amphitheatre, originally known as Champs de Brionne Music Theatre and commonly referred to as The Gorge, is an outdoor concert venue in Grant County, Washington, United States. It is situated near the Columbia River in Central Washingto ...

. ''Enormous: The Gorge Story'' was directed by Davis and released theatrically in July 2021. In 2022, Davis won an Emmy for this documentary. He produced and directed ''Landscapes of a Western Mind: The Story of Ivan Doig'', a documentary about American author and novelist

Ivan Doig Ivan Doig (; June 27, 1939 – April 9, 2015) was an American author and novelist, widely known for his sixteen fiction and non-fiction books set mostly in his native Montana, celebrating the landscape and people of the post-war American West. W ...

. The film's trailer was released in 2021. It premiered at the

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is an annual non-fiction film festival held in Missoula, Montana each February. The event showcases documentary films from around the world. The festival first began in 2003 as a seven-day event. It is now a ten- ...

and was released on PBS in 2023. In 2016, Davis and 4:08 Productions developed a series of short films called ''The Montana Sessions'' that featured performances by musicians from Montana. The series was nominated for Emmy's in 2019, 2021 and 2022 and aired on PBS. Davis most recently directed ''21 Miles'', a documentary film about the Pacific Coast Highway. The documentary highlights the dangers of the route and chronicles the accidents and deaths that have resulted on the highway. The film premiered at the

Santa Barbara International Film Festival The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is an eleven-day film festival held in Santa Barbara, California in February annually, since 1986. The festival screens over 200 feature films and shorts from different countries and regions. ...

. The film received multiple awards at film festivals including at the

WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival The WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, founded in 1968, is an annual film festival held annually in April in Houston, Texas. Notable festival alumni include John Lee Hancock, who wrote and directed the Oscar-winning film '' The Blind S ...

and Malibu Film Festival.

References

Living people American documentary film directors American documentary film producers University of Montana alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Bozeman High School alumni {{US-film-director-stub