Adam Davenport
Adam Davenport (born May 27, 1984) is an American film director, screenwriter and stage actor.
Background
Author
At 15, Davenport wote a short story titled Home which was published in the anthology Looking Inward, for which he was presented with an Award of Achievement by former President George Bush, Sr. in 1999.[1] He is also a two-time National NAACP ACT-SO Competition gold medal winner for Colors of the Rainbow (2000) when he was a junior at Marian Catholic High School,[2] and for Blood at the Root: The Legacy of Billy Holiday's Strange Fruit (2001) when a senior.
Career
Film and Stage
At 27, Davenport became the youngest director accepted into the Actors Studio Playwright/Directors Unit; his interview was with Martin Landau. He made his New York stage debut in the opera adaptation of Tom Wolfe's "The Bonfire of the Vanities," directed by Michael Bergmann and opposite opera heavyweights Randal Turner, Adrienne Danrich and Anne-Carolyn Bird.
Davenport's short film Midnight Son, which he made as his thesis project while an undergraduate at Yale University, became the recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker Award, a distinction shared by the first films of Steven Soderbergh, Paul Thomas Anderson and Jared Hess.[3] Made by Davenport when he was twenty-one years old, the project was photographed by Clint Eastwood's cinematographer Tom Stern and starred Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, Jack Mulcahy and Tony nominee David Harbour.[4]
In 2010, Davenport founded the production company First Lady Films with Leo.[5] He will make his feature debut with a big screen adaptation of John Kaye's novel The Dead Circus.[6]
Future projects
Davenport is preparing to mount a stage revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night with an all-black cast starring Alfre Woodard.[3] A production of the classic O'Neill play has only been staged once before with an all African-American cast, in 1982 with Earle Hyman, Ruby Dee, Thommie Blackwell and Peter Francis-James.[7]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 20 Something | Sean | Short film (filming) |
| Hardmeat | Lydia | Short film (completed) | |
| Middleground | Dinner Guest | (post-production) | |
| 2016 | Limitless | Cocktail Party Guest | Season 1, Episode 14: "Fundamentals of Naked Portraiture" |
| Blue Bloods | Bouncer | Season 6, Episode 13: "Stomping Grounds" | |
| Billions | Tourist | Season 1, Episode: #1.12 | |
| 2015 | I Sabered Maul in the Face | Mace | Short film |
| 2009 | Dread | Alex Hustler | |
| 2004 | Colour Blind | Orderly 1 | Short film (as Adam Michael Davenport) |
Recognition
Awards and nominations
References
- ↑ Sandra Del Re (2 September 1999). "George Bush congratulates teen on literary honor". Daily Herald. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
- ↑ Jolene Evans (August 24, 2000). "William Simpson’s admonitions, and a legacy for today’s students" (PDF). The Star (Chicago newspaper). William Simpson Essay Scholarship Foundation. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
- 1 2 Film Independent (June 1, 2011). "FIND Talent Guide::Adam Davenport". Film Independent. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ↑ Unknown. "Midnight Son". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ↑ "First Lady Films IMDb Page". IMDb.
- ↑ Jay A. Fernandez (March 3, 2011). "What Oscar Winners Are Doing Next". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- ↑ Unknown. "Long Day's Journey Into Night". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ↑ "Adam Davenport". IMDB. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ↑ "ACT-SO: Everyone is a winner". BNET. Retrieved March 28, 2011.