---
name: "Carlos Davis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carlos-davis"
fi1m_id: "carlos-davis"
imdb_id: "nm0204313"
tmdb_id: 64946
wikidata_id: "Q5041978"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "11 October 1948"
died: "24 September 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-04T21:55:59.680083+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carlos Davis

## Identity

Carlos Davis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carlos-davis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carlos-davis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0204313
- **TMDB ID:** 64946
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5041978
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Davis_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5041978, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64946

Producer. Born 11 October 1948 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 24 September 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 11 October 1948, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 24 September 2020
- **Also known as:** James Carlos Davis
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Davis_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5041978, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64946

## Biography

Carlos Davis (born James Carlos Davis, 11 October 1948 – 24 September 2020) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and novelist. He was born in San Francisco, California, and attended The Allen-Stevenson School, The Riverdale School, the London School of Economics and Georgetown University.

Davis co-wrote the screenplay for the 1991 comedy *Drop Dead Fred* with Anthony Fingleton and served as executive producer on the film. He also wrote the 1982 television film *Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn* and the story for the 2018 action film *The Hurricane Heist*, on which he was again executive producer. As a playwright he wrote the 1983 Broadway musical *Preppies*. He co-authored several novels with James LePore, including the national bestseller *No Dawn for Men* (2013). Davis lived in New York City.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, legacy.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Drop Dead Fred* (1991), Fi1m 48, Screenplay, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/drop-dead-fred.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Hurricane Heist* (2018), Story, Executive Producer
- *Drop Dead Fred* (1991), Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/drop-dead-fred.md)
- *Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn* (1982), Writer, Producer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/carlos-davis