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Joshua Davis (writer)

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American writer, film producer and co-founder of Epic Magazine
Joshua Davis
Born1974 (age 50–51)
Occupation
  • Writer
  • journalist
  • filmmaker
  • co-founder ofEpic Magazine
NationalityAmerican
Website
www.joshuadavis.net

Joshua Davis (born 1974) is an Americanwriter,film producer andco-founder ofEpic Magazine.[1]

Early life

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Davis is the son ofMiss Nevada winner Janet Hadland andHighlander film producer Peter S. Davis.[2] Davis attendedStanford University, where he double majored in Economics and Modern Thought and Literature.[3]

Career

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Davis wrote the New York Times bestselling book Spare Parts, which grew out of his article "La Vida Robot."[4] The story follows the lives of four teenage immigrants who built an underwaterrobot. The book was a finalist for Columbia University's J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize[5] and was adapted into the movieSpare Parts by Lionsgate starringGeorge Lopez,Jamie Lee Curtis andMarisa Tomei. It premiered in January 2015.[6]

In 2012, Davis was kidnapped in Libya while reporting an article for Men's Journal.[7] Later that year, he lived withJohn McAfee in Belize and documented McAfee's lifestyle and legal problems, including allegations of murder.[8] In 2003, Davis covered the Iraq war for Wired.[9] For The New Yorker in 2011, Davis wrote aboutbitcoin when the cryptocurrency was worth five dollars.[10] He has also profiledElon Musk multiple times, including a 2010Wired cover story[11] and in an early in-depth article about Tesla.[12]

Davis' first book,The Underdog, was published byRandom House in 2005.[13] It chronicles Davis' entry into unusual competitions around the world, including the US Sumo Open[14] and the WorldArmwrestling Championship inGdynia,Poland. Davis documented his time as a competitive arm wrestler in the film "The Beast Within," which won best documentary at the Telluride Mountain Film Festival.[15]

In 2013, Davis and Joshuah Bearman formedEpic Magazine,[16] a magazine and production company specializing in unusual true stories.[17] Davis and Bearman have sold more than fifty articles toHollywood, with four films and two TV series produced.[18] Davis, in partnership withJ. J. Abrams andBad Robot, also produced the short documentary series "Moon Shot," which chronicles the work of those competing for theGoogle Lunar X Prize.[19]

Awards

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  • 2003 Winner of Best Documentary at the Telluride Mountain Film Festival forThe Beast Within[20]
  • 2014 Finalist for the National Magazine Award in Feature Writing for "John McAfee's Last Stand"[21]
  • 2015 Finalist for the Columbia School of Journalism's Lukas Prize forSpare Parts[22][23]
  • 2021 Finalist for an Independent Spirit Award as an Executive Producer ofLittle America
  • 2022 Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival as an Executive Producer ofBreaking
  • 2023 Winner of the Audience Award for Best Film at the Sundance Film Festival as a Producer ofRadical[24]

Filmography

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TitleDirectorWriterProducerRef.
West CoastYesYesYes[25]
The Beast WithinYesYesYes
The Sun Also SetsYesYesYes[26]
MoonshotNoNoYes[27]
The DebaterYesNoYes[28]
Spare PartsNoYesNo
Little AmericaNoNoYes
BreakingNoNoYes[29]
RadicalNoNoYes[30]
The Big CigarNoNoYes[31]

Bibliography

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Books

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  • The Underdog, 2006
  • Entrenched, 2011[32]
  • McAfee's Last Stand, 2012
  • Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream, 2014

Articles

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  • "If We Run Out Of Batteries, This War Is Screwed,"Wired, June 1, 2003
  • "La Vida Robot," Best of Technology Writing, 2006[33]
  • "Say Hello to Stanley," Best of Technology Writing, 2007
  • "Face Blind," Best American Science Writing, 2007[34]
  • "The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist,"Wired, March 12, 2009[35]
  • "The Crypto Currency,"The New Yorker, October 10, 2011
  • "Fox Makes Epic First-Look Deal for Online Venture for Film Centric Journalism," Deadline, August 19, 2013
  • "Magazine Writing, On the Web, for Film,"The New York Times, August 11, 2013[36]
  • "The Mercenary," Medium, August 19, 2013[37]
  • "Building An Epic Brand Around Incredible True Stories," Fast Company, August 23, 2013[38]
  • "Pipino: Gentleman Thief," Epic Magazine, 2014[39]
  • "Deep Sea Cowboys," Epic Magazine, 2017[40]
  • "Arab Spring Break," Epic Magazine, 2017[41]

References

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  1. ^"Building An Epic Brand Around Incredible, True Stories".Fast Company. 23 August 2013.Archived from the original on 2016-09-08. Retrieved2016-03-30.
  2. ^"Peter S. Davis, 'Highlander' Producer, Dies at 79".The Hollywood Reporter. 2021-02-23. Retrieved2021-04-28.
  3. ^"Convocation speakers extol active learning, exploring new experiences".
  4. ^Davis, Joshua."La Vida Robot".Wired.
  5. ^"Jenny Nordberg, Harold Holzer and Dan Egan Win the 2015 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards".Nieman Reports. Retrieved2021-04-27.
  6. ^"George Lopez film about Phoenix school gets release date".Azcentral.com. 1 July 2014. Retrieved7 October 2017.
  7. ^"Arab Spring Break".Men's Journal. 2012-09-13. Retrieved2021-04-27.
  8. ^Davis, Joshua."McAfee's Last Stand".www.amazon.com. Retrieved2021-04-27.
  9. ^""If We Run Out of Batteries, This War is Screwed."".Wired.ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved2021-04-27.
  10. ^Davis, Joshua."The Crypto-Currency".The New Yorker.Archived from the original on 2014-11-01. Retrieved2021-04-27.
  11. ^"How Elon Musk Turned Tesla Into the Car Company of the Future".Wired. Vol. 18, no. 10.ISSN 1059-1028.Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved2021-04-27.
  12. ^"Batteries Included".Wired.ISSN 1059-1028.Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved2021-04-27.
  13. ^"*** UNDERDOG NATION *** THE BOOK ***".Underdognation.com. Archived fromthe original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved2015-12-04.
  14. ^SUMO, 10 September 2009,archived from the original on 2021-12-12, retrieved2021-04-27
  15. ^"Tickets $10 -mountainfilm fest- bouldering etc..."CascadeClimbers.com. 21 April 2004. Retrieved2021-04-27.
  16. ^"Extraordinary True Stories - Epic Magazine".Epicmagazine.com. Retrieved7 October 2017.
  17. ^"Building An Epic Brand Around Incredible, True Stories".Fast Company. 23 August 2013.Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved7 October 2017.
  18. ^"Magazine Writing on the Web, for Film".The New York Times. 12 August 2013. Retrieved7 October 2017.
  19. ^Santos, Nix (17 March 2016)."Watch: Reach to Infinity and Beyond With J.J. Abrams on 'Moon Shot'".Indiewire.com. Retrieved2016-04-16.
  20. ^"Telluride fest to support environment fund".Pique Newsmagazine. 9 April 2004. Retrieved2023-04-08.
  21. ^"National Magazine Awards 2014 Finalists Announced".Magazine.org. Archived fromthe original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved7 October 2017.
  22. ^"Spare Parts".Macmillan. Retrieved2023-04-04.
  23. ^"The J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards | Columbia Journalism School".journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved2023-04-04.
  24. ^Radical - IMDb, retrieved2023-04-04
  25. ^Davis, Joshua,West Coast (Drama), Erica Shaffer, Monty Black, Gil Ferrales, Nikolai Kinski, retrieved2021-04-28
  26. ^Davis, Joshua (2006-06-10),The Sun Also Sets (Documentary, Short), Carlos Roig, retrieved2021-04-28
  27. ^Moon Shot (Documentary), Mike Vergalla, Bad Robot, Epic Digital, Grain Media, 2016-03-15, retrieved2021-04-28{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  28. ^"Epic Digital documents the making of IBM Project Debater: The first AI to debate a human".Vox Media. 2020-05-05.Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved2021-05-03.
  29. ^Breaking (2022) - IMDb, retrieved2023-03-28
  30. ^Radical (2023) - IMDb, retrieved2023-03-28
  31. ^The Big Cigar (TV Mini Series 2023– ) - IMDb, retrieved2023-03-28
  32. ^Entrenched: The Best of Joshua Davis. Retrieved2021-04-28 – via www.amazon.com.
  33. ^"La Vida Robot | Epic Magazine".epicmagazine.com. Retrieved2021-04-28.
  34. ^"Face Blind".Wired.ISSN 1059-1028.Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved2021-04-28.
  35. ^"The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist".Wired.ISSN 1059-1028.Archived from the original on 2020-12-14. Retrieved2021-04-28.
  36. ^Carr, David (2013-08-12)."Magazine Writing on the Web, for Film".The New York Times.ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved2021-04-28.
  37. ^Davis, Joshua (2016-03-07)."The Mercenary".Medium. Retrieved2021-04-28.
  38. ^Zax, David (2013-08-23)."Building An Epic Brand Around Incredible, True Stories".Fast Company.Archived from the original on 2016-09-08. Retrieved2021-04-28.
  39. ^Magazine, Epic (2016-03-07)."Pipino: Gentleman Thief".Medium.Archived from the original on 2019-09-20. Retrieved2021-04-28.
  40. ^"Deep Sea Cowboys | Epic Magazine".epicmagazine.com. Retrieved2021-04-28.
  41. ^"Arab Spring Break".Epic Magazine. Retrieved2021-04-28.

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