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Lagueria Davis | |
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| Born | 8 February Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer, producer, editor |
| Years active | 2007-present |
Lagueria Davis is an American film director, writer and producer. [1] [2] [3] She is best known for her work on the films Light in Dark Places and 1 in 3. [4]
Davis holds a BFA in Media Art from the University of Oklahoma. [5] Remember Me a pilot she wrote was a 2016 WeScreenplay TV competition semi-finalist. [6] Maid of Dishonor a feature she co-wrote was a Nicholls Fellowship Quarter-Finalist in 2016. Her short film, Light in Dark Places, won best short film at the 2019 ClexaCon Film Festival. Recently, she was selected as a 2019 BAVC Media Maker Fellow with her project, Black Barbie: A Documentary . [7] She is a board member of the Alliance of Women Directors.
| Year | Title | Writer | Director | Producer | Note |
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| 2007 | Broken, Floating, Diving, Hoping... |  | |  | Short Film |
| 2007 | That in-Between Place | | | | Short Film |
| 2008 | Text Book Love Story | | | | Short Film |
| 2009 | Help Yourself | | | | Short Film |
| 2010 | 1 in 3 | | | | Feature Film |
| 2014 | Rods and Cones | | | | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | Parking | | | | Documentary |
| 2017 | The Exchange | | | | 8 episodes |
| 2018 | Light in Dark Places | | | | Short film |
| 2023 | Black Barbie: A Documentary | | | | Documentary |
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