Phillipa D. Davis Executive Producer/Producer Phillipa Davis' fascination with films, whether it be drama, sci-fi, thriller or musical, lead her to pursue a career in TV / Film production. Described as the hardest working woman in show biz, she literally worked her way up the ladder. Phillipa embarked on her career starting out as a production secretary on the acclaimed feature film, New Jack City directed by Mario Van Pebbles. From there she joined local 161 union and worked as an assistant production office coordinator on the hit film Strictly Business starring Halle Berry and directed by Kevin Hooks. Phillipa was then hired as a production coordinator on Dead Presidents directed by the Hughes Bros, and shot in New York City and Orlando, Florida. That project allowed her to work on location which set the trend for her doing many jobs on location. She has worked throughout the US on TV series, Studio and independent films. This ultimately led Phillipa to the music video industry where she spent a large part of her career. Making music videos nurtured her love for filmmaking as she got to be creatively involved with the concepts and was pivotal and successful in steering the creative to best execute a director's vision. Phillipa collaborated with her director and artist to build what she calls mini movies as many of the videos had a narrative aspect and were sometimes patterned after well know films or resembled abstract art. The creative freedom and million plus budgets allowed Phillipa to hire top notch DP's, production designers, costume designers, make up and hair stylists, AD's and talented supporting crew which made the process very innovative, unique and progressive. Phillipa's success in the music video and commercial business lead her to a great partnership with award winning and trend setting director, Hype Williams on projects for P. Diddy, R Kelly, Nas, Wu Tang Clan to name a few. She also worked with directors: Christopher Robinson, Nigel Dick, Guy Ferland, Bob Giraldi, Marc Klasfeld, Sanji, Nzingha Stewart, Andrew Dosunmu and others on many grammy award winning projects. Phillipa was nominated for 2 grammy’s, one for best short form video, for Lauryn Hill “Everything is Everything” directed by Sanji, and the other for a long form video, a documentary titled “10 Days Out, Blues from the Back Road”, directed by Noble Jones. Both categories are the only ones dedicated to producers; highly competitive categories, and her extraordinary work garnered her recognition in both. Phillipa successfully segued between feature films, music videos and commercials for over 15 years. Her big break in moving up from coordinator to production manager was on the HBO series Subway Stories, working on the episode directed by Academy Award winning director, Jonathan Demme. That opportunity opened the doors to a number of production managing and line producing film projects including: PBS film Harambee directed by TV veteran, Francaswell Hyman, feature film Manny and Lo starring Scarlet Johanson and produced by Dean Silvers, Ride directed by Millicent Shelton and Cristovao Colombo – O Enigma directed by renowned European director Manoel De Oliviera. One of Phillipa's many goals is to creative produce full length projects, and that opportunity came on a feature film titled My Normal directed by Irving Schwartz. Her ability to take a story from script form to screen by bringing the characters to life in working intimately with the cast and director; developing and understanding the nuances of each scene, made the experience very rewarding. Writing has recently become a passion of Phillipa’s and she is currently writing a script for a documentary length feature, developing a TV series, and creating original concepts for TV projects. Her recent works include producing commercials and stills with acclaimed photographer and director, Steven Sebring. She's produced commercials and stills for Coach, Joe Fresh, Vogue Italia, Rita Wilson and Estee Lauder. She's also worked on spots for Reebok, Adidas and a documentary film sponsored by Pepsi and directed by Chris Robinson. Looking towards the future Phillipa has her focus on directing and writing. She has started a novel as well as a musical and sci-fi project.