Northrop Davis is a professional Screenwriter, commercial Director, and a Teacher and Lecturer on screenwriting and film. He is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and Duke University. Northrop has sold three studio projects -- his Science Fiction/Action spec script Cyber Ship to Richard and Lauren Shuler-Donner and Warner Brothers, and two Pitches: one to Columbia and another to 20th Century Fox, both of which he subsequently wrote as screenplays.
As a filmmaker, Northrop has written and directed commercials which aired in 50 Southern California arthouse theaters and on television for over five years, and his student short film BUS prompted ICM chairman Jeff Berg to sign him to the agency. In addition, Davis’ novelization of his screenplay Cyber Ship is represented by Ellen Levine of the Ellen Levine Agency in New York City. Northrop is also an expert in Manga and has extensive contacts with Japanese comics publishers. He found and pitched the Battle Angel Alita Manga series to Twentieth Century Fox, who subsequently acquired it for James Cameron who is in production o
n the vfx-heavy film franchise (project title: Battle Angel).In 2005, Davis signed a non-exclusive Manga development agreement with a major studio-based production company.
Northrop has also lectured at Duke University, CalArts, UC Irvine, Brooks Institute and is a member of the WGA and WGA Asian and Latino Writer’s Committees.
see also: Northrop Davis on Pitching.
Northrop really knows his stuff. We'll have lots of fun.
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