Ron Davis (filmmaker)
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Ron Davis | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | Documentary director, writer, and producer |
| Known for | Founding Docutainment Films |
| Spouse | Luis Rodriguez (m. 2017) |
Ron Davis is an American documentary film director, writer and producer. He is the founder of Docutainment Films.
Davis founded Docutainment Films in Wellington, Florida to produce his documentaries.[1][2] Davis married Luis Rodriguez in 2017.[3]
Pageant
In 2008 Davis released his directorial debut Pageant, which featured the 2005 Miss Gay America female impersonator pageant. He co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed the feature-length documentary that followed five drag queens as they competed for the title. During its showings at film festivals the movie became "critically acclaimed", and was awarded festival prizes.[4][5][6] Pageant received its television broadcast debut on the Sundance Channel after winning a total of ten awards from film festivals.[7] Davis became a full-time documentary maker in 2010, two years after the release of Pageant.[1][8]
Miss You Can Do It
In 2013, Davis released his second directorial effort Miss You Can Do It, an original HBO documentary. The film featured Abbey Curran, who became Miss Iowa USA in 2008 and the first woman with a disability to compete in the Miss USA Pageant. Miss You Can Do It follows Curran as well as eight young women from around the US with special needs as they participate in the 2008 Miss You Can Do It Pageant in Kewanee, Illinois. The film debuted at the Palm Beach International Film Festival Friday on April 5, 2013 and received its first television broadcast in June 2013.[9]