K.D. Dávila
K.D. Dávila | |
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| Education | BA, Princeton University MFA, University of Southern California |
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| Awards | Academy Award Nominee, Best Live Action Short Film (2021) Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (2022) |
K.D. Dávila is an American filmmaker who wrote Emergency (2022) and directed the Academy Award-nominated short film Please Hold (2020).
Career
[edit]Dávila began her career as a television writer, writing on the staff of the science fiction series Salvation and the fantasy series Motherland: Fort Salem.[citation needed]
Dávila was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2021 for her directorial debut, Please Hold.[1] New York Times film critic Jeannette Catsoulis described it as "a shockingly clever satire of the privatized prison system and the elusiveness of justice."[2]
Dávila wrote and executive produced the feature film Emergency, a dark comedy thriller directed by Carey Williams, produced by Temple Hill Entertainment and Amazon Studios. In April 2021, RJ Cyler, Sabrina Carpenter, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Maddie Nichols, Madison Thompson, and Diego Abraham were added to the cast. The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where Dávila won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. Her writing on Emergency garnered a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.[3]
In 2022, she was named as one of Variety's Top Ten Latino Content Creators to Watch.[4]
In 2024, she wrote the Dungeons & Dragons episode of the animated anthology Secret Level.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Dry, Judy (2022-03-11). "'How Oscar Nominee 'Please Hold' Turned the Police State Into a Dystopian Sci-Fi Comedy'". Indiewire. ISSN 1460-3675. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette; Nicholson, Amy; Kenigsberg, Ben (2022-02-24). "'The 2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films' Review: Small Tales, Big Ideas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ^ Davis, Clayton. "Independent Spirit Awards Nominations: 'Everything Everywhere' Leads With Eight Noms". Variety. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ^ Riley, Cata Balzano,Nick Clement,Thania Garcia,Katie Reul,Jenelle; Balzano, Cata; Clement, Nick; Garcia, Thania; Reul, Katie; Riley, Jenelle (2022-11-14). "10 Latino Content Creators to Watch". Variety. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
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External links
[edit]- K.D. Dávila on IMDb