---
name: "Wale Davies"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wale-davies"
fi1m_id: "wale-davies"
imdb_id: "nm7217103"
tmdb_id: 2807819
wikidata_id: "Q137292492"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T19:17:12.563517+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."
---

# Wale Davies

## Identity

Wale Davies

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wale-davies
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wale-davies
- **IMDb ID:** nm7217103
- **TMDB ID:** 2807819
- **Wikidata ID:** Q137292492
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137292492, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7217103/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2807819

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137292492, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7217103/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2807819

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*My Father's Shadow*](https://film.one/film/my-fathers-shadow.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Wale Davies is a British-Nigerian writer, filmmaker and musician. He co-wrote the feature film *My Father's Shadow* (2025) with his brother, director Akinola Davies Jr. The semi-autobiographical story is set in Lagos during the 1993 presidential election crisis.

The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer in 2026, shared with his brother. Davies previously co-wrote the short film *Lizard* (2020), which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. He performs as Tec in the rap duo Show Dem Camp and has worked in music production and artist management.

*Sources: afrocritik.com, anothermag.com, imdb.com, thenollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Father's Shadow* (2025), Fi1m 81, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/my-fathers-shadow.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *My Father's Shadow* (2025), Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/my-fathers-shadow.md)
- *X US* (2022), Writer
- *Lizard* (2021), Writer, Producer
- *Harmattan*, Executive Producer
- *Delta Force Six*, Writer

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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/wale-davies