FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
Education:
B.S. Radio and Television Broadcasting
University of Wisconsin
Grambling State University
Continuing education:
MBA Finance University of Phoenix
Sony-DGA: 3D Training Workshop
Vanderbilt university: Leading strategic innovation &
organization
University of Pennsylvania: Operations management
Volunteer work:
Creative America
Summary: Motion Pictures Directors’ Guild of America – Hollywood, CA
20th Century Fox Studios, ABC, CBS, Columbia, Digital Domain, Disney, HBO, MGM,
NBC, Paramount Sony, Turner Broadcasting, Showtime, TV Asahi, Universal, Warner
Bros.
• Helmed project leadership and employee/labor relations management, for over 20
hollywood feature-length films. drove complex large-scaled projects in rapidchange environment.
• Designed comprehensive project plans. oversaw the execution of logistics.
issued daily production reports.
• Budgeted and re-leveled material, personnel, and time resources, throughout
project life cycle.
• Facilitated interdepartmental production meetings. ensured all “critical path”
communications.
• Fostered cross-functional cooperation with union shop stewards. brokered
flexible compliance.
• Balanced and coordinated non-parallel collective bargaining agreements, to
ensure projects’ success.
• Mediated employee and labor relation issues on a “real time” incident-by- incident
basis.
• Ensured crew safety, beyond osha compliance, while executing high-risk, explosive
and mobile tasks.
Digital Music, New Media:
Producer/Executive Producer
U Can Make IT
Faithstar entertainment
Producer/Executive Producer
TRUE LOVE
Faithstar entertainment
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
Producer/Executive Producer
U Can Win
Faithstar Entertainment
Producer/Executive Producer
Soulmate
Faithstar entertainment
Producer/Executive Producer
Morning Breeze
Faithstar entertainment
FEATURES:
Two Fast Two Furious
Universal Studios/FF2 Productions
First Assistant Director
Director: John Singelton
Baby Boy
Columbia Pictures
First Assistant Director
Director: John Singleton
Road Trip
Assistant Director
Dream Works/SKG The Montecito Picture Company
Executive Producer: Ivan Reitman
Director: Todd Phillips
Next Friday
New Line
First Assistant Director
The Breaks
Artesian Entertainment
First Assistant Director
Director: Eric Meza
Viva Rock Vegas
Amblin Studios(Screen Test/Additional Photography)
First Assistant Director
Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg
Producer: David Nicksay
UPM: Paul Deason
Director: Brian Levant
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
Mad City
Warner Brothers
(Re-shoots) First Assistant Director
Producer: Arnold Kopelson
Executive Producer: Wolfgang Glattes, Jonathan Krane, and
Stephen Brown
Director: Costa Gavras
Hope Floats
20th Century Fox
First Assistant Director
Producer: Lynda Obst
Executive Producer: Sandra Bullock
Director: Forest Whitaker
Fallen
Warner Brothers/Turner Pictures Inc.
First Assistant Director
Producers: Charles Roven & Dawn Steel
UPM: Ted Kurdyla
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Jingle All The Way
2nd Unit, Key Second Assistant Director
20th Century Fox Studios
Director: Stephen Boyum
Courage Under Fire
(Re-Shoot)
FOX 2000 Pictures
Key Second Assistant Director
Executive Producers: David Friendly and John Davis
Director: Ed Zwick
The Cable Guy
Columbia Pictures
Key Second Assistant Director
Executive Producers: Bernie Brillstein, Brad Grey and,
Marc Gurvitz
Producers: Andy Licht, Jeff Mueller and, Judd Apatow
Director: Ben stiller
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
The Phantom
Paramount Pictures
Key Second Assistant Director
Executive Producer: Allan Ladd, Jr.
Producer: Robert Evans
Director: Simon Wincer
SE7EN
Juno Pix, Inc./New Line Cinema
Key Second Assistant Director
Producer: Arnold Kopelson
Executive Producer: Dan Kolsrud
UPM: Allan Wertheim and Robert Mendelsohn
Director: David Fincher
SUGAR HILL
Beacon Pictures
Key Second Assistant Director
Director: Leon Ichasco
RISING SUN
20th Century Fox Film Corporation
First Unit Key Second Assistant Director
Second Unit First Assistant Director
UPM: Ian Bryce
Director: Philip Kaufman
A CLASS ACT
Warner Brother Pictures
Key Second Assistant Director
Producer: Todd Black
Director: Randy Miller
Terminator 2:
Judgment Day/T2
Carolco Pictures
Key Second Assistant Director/1st unit
Splinter Unit First Assistant Director
Producer: James Cameron
Director: James Cameron
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
The Five Heartbeats
20th Century Fox Films
Second Second Assistant Director
Producer: Loretha Jones
Director: Robert Townsend
RED SURF
Baltic Productions
Key Second Assistant Director
Director: H. Gordon Boos
THE DOORS
Carolco Pictures
Additional Second Assistant Director
Producer: A. Kitman Ho
Director: Oliver Stone
THE PACKAGE
Orion Pictures
Second Second Assistant
UPM: Charles Newirth
Director: Andrew Davis
TWINS
JOHNNY HANDSOME
WINTER PEOPLE
COLORS
ILLEGALLY YOURS
JOHNNY HANDSOME
GRAMBLINGS WHITE TIGER
and
THE GOLDEN CHILD
Key Production Assistant
Production Assistant
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
TELEVISION:
Providence
Mid-Season Replacement NBC Studios Inc.
First Assistant Director
Director: Tucker Gates
Buddy Faro
Pilot, Spelling Television
First Assistant Director
One Day
The Disney Channel
Childrens Television Workshop
First Assistant Director
Producer: Debbie Allen
Director: Debbie Allen
BOYS AND GIRLS
PILOT/CBS
Walt Disney Television
Key Second Assistant Director
Producer: Jordan Kerner
Director: Kevin Hooks
seaQuest
Amblin Entertainment
First Assistant Director
Executive Producer; Steven Spielberg and David Burke
1st Season, Universal Studios CA
1st Season Director: Irvin Kershner
FATHER AND SON
Kushner-Locke/Acme Productions
Key Second Assistant Director
Director: Georg S. Brown
I’LL FLY AWAY, DGA Award Nomination
2-HOUR PILOT
Key Second Assistant Director
Director: Josh Brand
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
My Life And Times
Key Second Assistant Director
ABC Broadcasting
Director: Michael Apted
Northern Exposure
Cine Nevada Corporation
Episodes 4 thru 8
Key Second Assistant Director
Second Second Assistant Director
Directors: Peter O’Fallon, Dan Lerner, Sandy Solman and, Max Tash
Chicago
Aaron Spelling Productions
Second Second Assistant Director
Director: Dan Lerner
Murder in Mississippi
Winner of DGA Outstanding Achievement Award
Warner Brothers Studios
Key Second Assistant Director
Director: Roger Young
Music Videos:
Coco Brown and The Phat Cat Players, “Sun Dresses”
Producer
Director: Eric Meza
Godsmack “I Stand Alone“ SDTK: Scorpion King
First Assistant Director
Directors: The Brothers Strause
Universal Records/SpiritDance/Ritts Hayden Productions
JAGGED EDGE, ”GOODBYE”
First Assistant Director
Director: Forest Whitaker
Columbia Records/SpiritDance/Ritts Hayden Productions
Shabam Sadeeq,“3D”
First Assistant Director
Director: Googie
Rawkus Records New York
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
Aaliyah
Featuring Timberland, “Try Again” SDTK: “Romeo Must Die”
First Assistant Director
MTV Award Winner
Director: Wayne Isham
Producer: Joel Silver & Dan Marshall
Silver Picture/A Band Apart Productions/Mr. Pink
DJ QUIK, ”Gangsta”
First Assistant Director
Director: Eric Meza
Chaka Khan, ‘Concert Footage’
First Assistant Director
Director: Chan Berry
Chaka Khan, “Spoon”
First Assistant Director
Director: Chan Berry
Dru Hill, “These Are the Times”
First Assistant Director
Director: Billi Woodruff
L.L.Cool J, “Father Figure”
First Assistant Director
H.S.I. Productions
Director: Sam Bayer
Puff Daddy & Mase, “Been Around the World”
Co-Producer & First Assistant Director
H.S.I Productions
Producer: June Gutterman
Director: Paul Hunter
SDTK: Waiting to Exhale, ”Shoop Shoop”
Whitney Houston
First Assistant Director
Palomar Picture
Director: Forest Whitaker
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson, “SCREAM”
Grammy Winner, Best Music Video
Assistant Director
Satellite Films/MJJ/EPIC
Director: Mark Romanek
George Howard, “Miracle”
First Assistant Director and Line Producer
GRP Records
Director: Richard Cummings
ZHANE, “You’re Sorry Now”
First Assistant Director and Line Producer
Motown Records
Director: Cameron Casey
ICE CUBE & George Clinton, “BOP GUN”
First Assistant Director and Line Producer
Priority Records
Director: Cameron Casey
Nate Dogg & Warren G, “REGULATE”, Above the Rim Soundtrack
First Assistant Director
DEF JAM Records
Director: Cameron Casey
Quincy Jones, “Places You Find Love”
Producer: Quincy Jones
Qwest Records
Director: Ellen Weissbrod
Prince & The New Power Generation, “New Power Generation”
First Assistant Director
Paisley Park
Director: Prince
The Time, ”Release It”
First Assistant Director
Paisley Park
Director: Prince
George Clinton, “We Can Funk”
First Assistant Director
Paisley Park
Director: Prince
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
Prince & The New Power Generation, “Still Would Stand All Time”
First Assistant Director
Paisley Park
Director: Prince
Levert, ”Pullover”
First Assistant Director
Atlantic Records/DNA
Dianne Reeves
First Assistant Director
Kent/Davies Productions
Director: Jay Kent
Mikki Howard, “Baby Be Mine”
First Assistant Director
Atlantic Records
Director: Olle Sassen
Eddie Murphy, “How Could It Be”
First Assistant Director
Columbia Records
Director: David Hogan
The Gap Band, “My Baby”
UPM and First Assistant Director
RCA/Total Experience Records
Director: Peter Allen
Klique, “Woman, Lover, Friend”
UPM and First Assistant Director
MCA Records
Director: Bill Parker
Klymaxx, “Men All Pause”
UPM and First Assistant Director
MCA Records
Director: Peter Allen
Thelma Houston, “Heat Medley”
UPM and First Assistant Director
MCA Records
Director: Bill Parker
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
Linda Rondstat with Nelson Riddle, “What's New”
Second Assistant Director
Director: David Lewis
COMMERCIALS:
Original Films
First Assistant Director
Chrysler/Jeep Silver w/Eric Benet
Agency: Don Coleman, Director: Rob Coen
Original Films
First Assistant Director
Chrysler/Jeep
Agency: Don Coleman
Director: Rob Coen
First Assistant Director
EPOCH FILMS/L.A., Kansas City Power and Light “Jazz”
Agency: Kirshenbaum Bond& Partners, Director: Dewey Nicks
First Assistant Director
EPOCH FILMS/L.A.
Kansas City Power and Light, “Barbecue”,
Agency: Kirshenbaum Bond& Partners, Director: Dewey Nicks
First Assistant Director
EPOCH FILMS/L.A.
Kansas City Power and Light, “Football”
Agency: Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, Director: Dewey Nicks
Producer and Production Supervisor
Cyclops Films Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Int., ”Everyday”
Director: Albert Watson
First Assistant Director
Reactor Films Inc., Prince Matchabelli, “UNRULY”
Agency: W.S.A.A., Director: Dewey Nicks
First Assistant Director
Big Sky Productions, “NIKE“, Jackie Robinson
Agency: Wieden & Kennedy, Director: Neil Abramson
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
First Assistant Director and Production Supervisor
Digital Domain/Showtime, “Tyson/Holyfield Rematch”
Agency: Spike/DDB, Director: Spike Lee
First Assistant Director
First assistant director
Bedford Falls Miller Beer, “Camping”
Agency: Square One, Director: Cameron Casey
First Assistant Director
Bedford Falls\Miller Beer “Tailgate”
Agency: Square One, Director: Cameron Casey
First Assistant Director
Bedford Falls Miller Beer, “Ma & Pa Store”
Agency: Square One, Director: Cameron Casey
First Assistant Director
Bedford Falls Miller Beer, “Refrigerator”
Agency: Square One, Director: Cameron Casey
First Assistant Director
Palomar Pictures Honda/”Multi Culture”
Agency: Producer Associates Tokyo, Japan
Director: Neil Abramson
EPOCH FILMS/N.Y.
Columbia Health Care
“Home Care”, Agency: The Martin Agency, Director: Phil Morrison
First Assistant Director
First Assistant Director
EPOCH FILMS/N.Y. Columbia Health Care“, Evaluations”
Agency: The Martin Agency, Director: Phil Morrison
First Assistant Director
EPOCH FILMS/N.Y. Columbia Health Care
“Continuum of Health Care”
Agency: The Martin Agency, Director: Phil Morrison
First Assistant Director
EPOCH FILMS/N.Y. Columbia Health Care, “Best Practices”
Agency: The Martin Agency, Director: Phil Morrison
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
First Assistant Director
EPOCH FILMS/N.Y. Columbia Health Care
“Largest Health Care Provider”
Agency: The Martin Agency, Director: Phil Morrison
First Assistant Director
EPOCH FILMS/N.Y. Columbia Health Care, “Untitled”
Agency: The Martin Agency, Director: Phil Morrison
First Assistant Director
EPOCH FILMS/N.Y. Columbia Health Care, “Untitled”
Agency: The Martin Agency, Director: Phil Morrison
First Assistant Director
EPOCH FILMS/N.Y. Columbia Health Care, “Untitled”
Agency: The Martin Agency, Director: Phil Morrison
First Assistant Director
EPOCH FILMS/N.Y. Columbia Health Care, “Untitled”
Agency: The Martin Agency, Director: Phil Morrison
First Assistant Director
Robbins & Assoc./N.Y. “Sunny Delight”
Agency: N.W. Ayers/L.A., “Car Wash”, Director: Bill Mason
First Assistant Director
Robbins & Assoc./N.Y., ”Sunny Delight”
Agency: N.WAyers/N.Y., “Getting Ready”
Director: Bill Mason
First Assistant Director
Robbins & Assoc./N.Y., “Sunny Delight” & “I Knew That”
Agency: N.W. Ayers/N.Y., Director: Bill Mason
Line Producer and First Assistant Director
THE END INC., “Schlitz Malt Liquor“, Hearts”
Director: Marcus Raboy
Line Producer and First Assistant Director
THE END INC., “Schlitz Malt Liquor”, Cool Out”
Director: Marcus Raboy
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FRANK DAVIS
Assistant Director of Motion Pictures
Member: Directors Guild Of America/DGA
PHONE: 1.310.962.7800
E-Mail: Hotcost808@gmail.com
First Assistant Director
Bill Mason Productions, “McDonalds/Monopoly”,
Director: Bill Mason
Note:
Background includes practical experience in High Technology,
CGI, Special Optical, Period, 3D, Action and Stunt filmmaking.
Location Experience: New York, Chicago, New Mexico, Atlanta,
Virginia, New Jersey Minnesota, Las Vegas, Texas, Philadelphia,
Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Arizona, San Francisco, Seattle,
Florida, Toronto and British Virgin Islands
Additional Credits available upon request
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