Carlos Davis

Carlos Davis (born James Carlos Davis; October 11, 1948 - present) is an American screenwriter, executive producer and playwright [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204313/] ] . He is best known for co-authoring the screenplay Drop Dead Fred.

Background

Early Years

Carlos Davis was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Aida Ester Minamora (November 20, 1912 – September 23, 1993), an art collector and world traveler from Santa Ana, El Salvador who never became an American citizen, and James (June 22, 1911 – January 24, 1954), a San Francisco native who co-managed the Davis Hardwood Company -- the first American company to import Philippine hardwood [http://www.pcwhda.com/] ] . He has a sister, Louisa Aida Davis (February 8, 1950 - present), who was also born in San Francisco. The Davis children were raised in San Francisco, New York City, and Europe. Carlos Davis attended Town School, San Francisco, The Allen-Stevenson School (New York City), Riverdale Country School (New York City), New York University's undergraduate program in Spain, London University, and Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.), where he finally earned his bachelor's degree.

Marriages

He married and divorced 3 times.

After divorcing Maria-Eugenia Mena Artiz, whom he married at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York in 1970, Carlos married former Founding Editor of Saveur and Metropolitan Home and former Executive Editor of Newsweek, Dorothy Kalins, [http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Kalins_Dorothy_19084541.aspx] ] in 1982. He married his third wife Lynette Latiolatis in 1987, with whom he had his son, James Christopher Davis (September 4, 1991 - present). Latiolatis and Davis divorced after James was born.

Currently

Davis resides in Manhattan.

Current Projects

He is working on a new Drop Dead Fred film with a major studio, aiming for a Memorial Day 2010 release date, and writing a new comedy called Wicked Smart about a novelist who cannot write unless he is in love. Davis is also a producer for the future musical version of the 1954 film, Sabrina.

Filmography

Awards, Nominations, and Distinctions

Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn was nominated for 3 Emmys, and it was the first role for both Anthony Michael Hall and Cynthia Nixon.

Trivia

*Preppies went on for 85 performances on Broadway

*A song dropped from the second act of Preppies, entitled "Everyone Knows Your Name" became the theme song for the television series Cheers

*Preppies is the only American musical ever to have a future American President for an investor -- George W. Bush

*Director Gregory Nava named a villainous character his the film El Norte Carlos, after Carlos Davis

*He is a distant relative of Jacob Davis, the man who created denim jeans and sold the patent to Levi-Strauss

*Davis' first script was a film remake of Two for the Road; he also was involved in a failed project called Bimbo with Joshua Brand, who went on to create Northern Exposure

References

Carlos Davis at the Internet Movie Database
Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood
ZoomInfo: Dorothy Kalins

External Links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204313/ Carlos Davis (I) IMDB]
* [http://www.pcwhda.com/ Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association]
* [http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Kalins_Dorothy_19084541.aspx_1 Zoom Info: Dorothy Kalins]
* [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9506E3D61638F93AA2575BC0A965948260 Preppies: NYT Review]