Nic Davis

Davis was raised in Bozeman, Montana.[1] He graduated from Bozeman High School in 2006 and then attended college in Missoula where he graduated from The University of Montana with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. He currently lives between Los Angeles, CA and Bozeman.[2][3][4][5]

During the early part of his career, Davis worked as a director, cinematographer, and editor for networks and clients including BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Cadillac, Hulu, and Discovery. He was the director and cinematographer of the music video for JP Saxe's Sad Corny F*ck. In 2011, he launched his own production company, 4:08 Productions.[6][7][8]

Davis’ most notable production is the film Enormous: The Gorge Story, a documentary about the Gorge Amphitheatre.[9][10][11][12][13] Enormous: The Gorge Story was directed by Davis and released theatrically in July 2021.[14][15][16][17][18][19] In 2022, Davis won an Emmy for this documentary. He produced and directed Landscapes of a Western Mind: The Story of Ivan Doig, a documentary about American author and novelist Ivan Doig.[20] The film's trailer was released in 2021.[21]

In 2016, Davis and 4:08 Productions developed a series of short films called The Montana Sessions that featured performances by musicians from Montana. The series was nominated for Emmy's in 2019, 2021 and 2022 and aired on PBS.[22][23]

Davis most recently directed 21 Miles, a documentary film about the Pacific Coast Highway. The documentary highlights the dangers of the route and chronicles the accidents and deaths that have resulted on the highway.[4]