Adriana Davis Biography
Director, Producer, Editor, Writer and Voice-Over Artist

Adriana Davis has worked in film, television and radio as a writer, producer, editor and voice-over artist since 1991. She is the founder of D-SQUARED MEDIA, a full-service production company based in New York City with corporate and film clients.

Ms. Davis is the, co-director, producer, writer and editor of an acclaimed trilogy of documentaries about Iraq’s Jewish community and history: “THE LIFE OF FRANK INY” (1999), “SEARCHING FOR BAGHDAD” (2002) and “THE LAST JEWS OF BAGHDAD” (2005). The trilogy has screened at over 80 premiere film festivals in the US, Canada, Israel and Europe and was featured on Jewish Life TV and PBS (MetroArts 13) where it had two separate airings and was introduced by Peter Bogdanovich and Mandy Patinkin. and JLTV.Most recently she has Co-Directed, Produced, Co-Wrote and Edited a fourth installment to the Iraqi Jewish series "SAVING THE IRAQI JEWISH ARCHIVES: A JOURNEY OF IDENTITY" (2020) which follows the fate of a vast collection of Iraqi Jewish religious and cultural artifacts, discovered in the basement of Saddam Hussein’s secret police headquarters, whose future parallels the very existence of the worldwide Iraqi Jewish community.

In addition to documentaries, Ms. Davis has produced several narrative films including the romantic comedy, “PLAY IT BY EAR” starring Academy Award® winner Rita Moreno and a noir thriller “KILL JOHNNY MILLS” for the festival circuit. She is currently producing two other documentaries: “A GRAND IDEA” following one man's quest to mount a Broadway production of his own Yiddish version of "Pirates of Penzance" and “WHAT’S FOR LUNCH” profiling the struggles of the NY City school lunch program. For more information visit www.dsquaredmedia.com.

Prior to founding D-Squared Media in 1995, she worked as a field producer and assignment desk editor for electronic news gathering houses (NETWORK VIDEO SERVICES), production companies (BROADCAST NEWS NETWORKS, CAMERA PLANET) and cable/broadcast/radio stations (A&E, HISTORY CHANNEL, CNN, PBS, CBS, NBC, COURT TV, ESPN, BET) producing award-winning television documentaries on varied subjects from biker gangs to baby beauty pageants for A&E, History Channel, CNN, CourtTV and others. Productions include: "Generation H - National History Day" for The History Channel, "Life in a War Zone" (Life on the Edge: West Bank Settlers) for A&E and Israeli based Noga Communications, "The Junkie Next Door", "Baby Beauty Queens" also for A&E, "Crimes in the Name of God" for Court TV, "Baby Beauty Queens", "Road Warriors: The Biker Brotherhood" also for A&E. In 2001, she produced a weekly radio talk show series for WNEW-FM titled COURAGEOUS RADIO.

In the Corporate realm D-Square Media counts among its client base engineering, finance, broadcasting, legal and publishing firms. Ms. Davis has produced promotional packages, commercials and corporate videos for: A&E Television Networks, BNN-TV, The History Channel, Smith Barney Television, The American Bar Association, Chadbourne & Parke LLC, New York Methodist Hospital, Blueswitch Web Design, Trifekta Films, CDM/Smith of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Hachette Book Group, McKesson, McGladrey LLP, The Insight Works, McCann, Mullen, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, DataSpan, Litigation Strategies, Inc., The Great Voice Company, Corporate Lawyering Group LLP; The NY Food Museum, Debevoise & Plimpton, Enduro Systems of Houston, Texas, Hues of Blue Press, Conway Department Stores, The Insight Works, Yohalem Gillman & Company LLP, Diageo, Mouton Rothschild, Rocca Wear, Wine Enthusiast Companies.

Ms. Davis has lent her voice to numerous videos, communication systems and live events for corporate and commercial productions. She is a sought-after voice over director and coach having trained hundreds of voice actors worldwide. She has been a frequent guest speaker at filmmaking and voice acting workshops and podcasts and has written several published articles for print and online publications on those topics.

Adriana Davis received a B.A. in political science and completed all but her dissertation for her M.A. in Congressional Studies from The Catholic University of America and holds a Producing Certificate from The Hollywood Film Institute. Productions she has worked on have won Ciné Golden Eagle and Telly awards.