Background
He is the son of film director Peter Davis and the late Johanna Mankiewicz Davis.
He is the son of film director Peter Davis and the late Johanna Mankiewicz Davis.
Harvard University.
He then performed improvisational comedy and acting before moving to behind-the camera roles. Early in his career, Davis co-produced "The Language of Life with Bill Moyers" for Public Broadcasting Service and produced "Money and Power: The History of Business" for Consumer News and Business Channel. In 1998 he wrote and directed an independent film called 1999. In 2001, he started Nick Davis Productions and has produced numerous television programs, including "Making News," which ran for two seasons on television Guide Network.
In 2007, he wrote an episode of the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Miniseries "The Bronx is Burning."
In 2009, he directed the film "Blood, Sweat + Gears," about the 2008 season of Team Slipstream, a cycling team devoted to riding clean and succeeding at the highest level of the sport.
The film aired on the Sundance Channel.
After graduating from Harvard University, where he was one of the founding members of the improv comedy group On Thin Ice, Davis co-wrote the novel Boone with his friend Brooks Hansen.