Kira Davis

Kira Davis is an American film producer. She is a former vice president of marketing for Alcon Entertainment.

Kira Davis
Alma materNew Mexico State University
OccupationFilm producer
TitleFormer vice president of production and marketing (Alcon Entertainment)
Term1998–2006
Spouse(s)Andrew A. Kosove (2 children)

Background

Kira Davis is a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She studied theatre with an emphasis in directing and graduated magna cum laude from New Mexico State University. After graduating, she worked in a series of professional theatres, including La Jolla Playhouse and the Mark Taper Forum. She is married to Andrew A. Kosove, one of the co-founders of Alcon Entertainment, and the couple have two children.[1]

Career

Davis met Alcon co-founders Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove on the set of the 1996 film Love Is All There Is, in which she served as a costume assistant.[2] Davis began working with them as an assistant in 1997 when Johnson and Kosove formed Alcon in 1997, becoming the company's first employee. A year later, Davis was promoted to production executive and served in production and marketing for the company. During her tenure at Alcon, she oversaw the productions of several films produced by the company.[1] Davis left her post in 2006 to start a production company.[3] In 2007, she entered into a first-look producing deal with Alcon Entertainment and formed her own production company, 8:38 Productions.[4] The first film to be produced by Davis's company was Prisoners, a 2013 thriller starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. The film, which had been in development since 2009,[5] was released on September 20, 2013.

Filmography

She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film
Year Film Credit
2001The Affair of the NecklaceCo-producer
2003Love Don't Cost a ThingCo-producer
2004Chasing LibertyCo-producer
2005Racing StripesCo-producer
The Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsExecutive producer
2008The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2013Prisoners
Miscellaneous crew
Year Film Role
1999Lost & FoundProduction executive
2000My Dog Skip

References
  1. AllMoviePortal.com: Racing Stripes (2005) about the filmmakers
  2. "Rising Stars" Archived August 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Kevin Robinson-Avila, Panorama, the NMSU Alumni Magazine, Summer 2006.
  3. McClintock, Pamela (May 22, 2006). "Davis inks prod'n deal". Variety. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Alcon fast tracks Prisoners script for 2010 Warner Bros release | News | Screen". Screen Daily. Media Business Insight, Ltd. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
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