---
name: "Doug Davison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/doug-davison"
fi1m_id: "doug-davison"
imdb_id: "nm0205713"
tmdb_id: 21035
wikidata_id: "Q3037925"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T10:11:37.588700+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."
---

# Doug Davison

## Identity

Doug Davison

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/doug-davison
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** doug-davison
- **IMDb ID:** nm0205713
- **TMDB ID:** 21035
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3037925
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037925, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21035

Producer. Born 1 January 1953 in Washington, D.C., USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Washington, D.C., USA
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 52 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Fantasy 3, Family 2, Action 1, Animation 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,449m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037925, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21035

## Coming up

- *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2027-06-10), Executive Producer

## Biography

Doug Davison is an American film producer. He co-founded Vertigo Entertainment with Roy Lee in 2001.

He began his career as a production assistant on *Die Hard with a Vengeance* (1995) and later worked as a script reader at New Line Cinema and in development at Mad Chance Productions. His producing credits include *The Grudge* (2004), *The Lake House* (2006), *Abduction* (2011), *American Made* (2017) and *Chaos Walking* (2021). He has also served as executive producer or co-producer on films including *The Departed* (2006), the *How to Train Your Dragon* series (2010–2019) and *It* (2017).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, oak3.the-numbers.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2025), Fi1m 60, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon.md)
- *Chaos Walking* (2021), Fi1m 44, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/chaos-walking.md)
- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2010), Fi1m 82, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2010.md)
- *The Departed* (2006), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-departed.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2027), Executive Producer
- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2025), Executive Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon.md)
- *Chaos Walking* (2021), Producer — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/chaos-walking.md)
- *The Grudge* (2019), Executive Producer
- *How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World* (2019), Co-Producer
- *It* (2017), Executive Producer
- *American Made* (2017), Producer
- *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2014), Co-Producer
- *Oldboy* (2013), Producer
- *Asylum Blackout* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Abduction* (2011), Producer
- *Quarantine 2: Terminal* (2011), Producer
- *The Roommate* (2011), Producer
- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2010), Co-Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2010.md)
- *Possession* (2009), Producer
- *The Grudge 3* (2009), Executive Producer
- *The Uninvited* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Quarantine* (2008), Producer
- *The Strangers* (2008), Producer
- *My Sassy Girl* (2008), Executive Producer
- *The Echo* (2008), Producer
- *Shutter* (2008), Producer
- *The Eye* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Assassination of a High School President* (2008), Producer
- *The Invasion* (2007), Executive Producer
- *The Grudge 2* (2006), Executive Producer
- *The Departed* (2006), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-departed.md)
- *The Lake House* (2006), Producer
- *Dark Water* (2005), Producer
- *The Grudge* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Death to Smoochy* (2002), Co-Producer
- *Lucky Numbers* (2000), Production Executive
- *The Maker* (1997), Producer's Assistant

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