---
name: "Deborah Davis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/deborah-davis"
fi1m_id: "deborah-davis"
imdb_id: "nm7629302"
tmdb_id: 1556401
wikidata_id: "Q61694943"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T23:59:43.527760+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."
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# Deborah Davis

## Identity

Deborah Davis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/deborah-davis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** deborah-davis
- **IMDb ID:** nm7629302
- **TMDB ID:** 1556401
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61694943
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Davis_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61694943, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7629302/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1556401

Producer. Born 1 January 1950 in London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, London, England
- **Also known as:** Дебора Дин Дэвис
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Davis_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61694943, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7629302/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1556401

## Biography

Deborah Davis is a British screenwriter and producer. She has a background in law and journalism, and holds an MA from the University of East Anglia.

Davis wrote the first draft of the screenplay for *The Favourite* (2018) in 1998. She is credited as writer and executive producer on the film, which was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos with additional writing by Tony McNamara. She also created and wrote the television series *Marie Antoinette* (2022).

*The Favourite* earned Davis a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a win for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Favourite* (2018), Fi1m 87, Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-favourite.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Obituary* (2023), series, as Property Buyer
- *Marie Antoinette* (2022), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Favourite* (2018), Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-favourite.md)
- *The Orphanage* (2013), Executive Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2019: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Favourite*

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Comedy 2019: European Film Award for Best Comedy (won), for *The Favourite*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2019: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *The Favourite*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Favourite*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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