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name: "Luke Davies"
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roles: ["Writer","Producer","Screenwriter"]
born: "1 January 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T08:24:16.909615+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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# Luke Davies

Writer and producer. Born 1 January 1962 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Screenwriter
- **Born:** 1 January 1962, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Emile Sherman](https://film.one/person/emile-sherman.md), [Iain Canning](https://film.one/person/iain-canning.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3267059, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1729294/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37268

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Lion*](https://film.one/film/lion.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Luke Davies is an Australian writer of poetry, novels and screenplays. Born in Sydney in 1962, he studied arts at the University of Sydney. He began publishing poetry in the early 1980s and later wrote the novel *Candy* (1997), which he adapted with Neil Armfield for the 2006 film of the same name.

Davies wrote the screenplay for the 2016 film *Lion*, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. His other screenwriting credits include *Life* (2015), *Beautiful Boy* (2018), *News of the World* (2020) and the television series *Catch-22* (2019). He is credited as screenwriter and producer on the 2026 film *Tenzing*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lion* (2016), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/lion.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Tenzing* (2026), Screenplay, Story, Producer

## Also known for

- *Beautiful Boy* (2018), Screenplay
- *News of the World* (2020), Screenplay
- *Candy* (2006), Novel, Screenplay
- *Life* (2015), Writer
- *Angel of Mine* (2019), Writer
- *Catch-22* (2019), Writer
- *Reclaim* (2014), Writer

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