Amy Davis is an American fashion illustrator, actress, filmmaker, and

lo-fi Lo-fi (also typeset as lofi or low-fi; short for low fidelity) is a music or production quality in which elements usually regarded as imperfections in the context of a recording or performance are present, sometimes as a deliberate choice. The ...

musician. Her illustrations have been in shows all over the world, as well as published in magazines and books. She is married to filmmaker

Jon Moritsugu Jon Moritsugu (born February 15, 1965) is an American cult-underground filmmaker. His movies are satiric, protopunk deconstructions of popular genres and formats with scabrous and pointedly garish results. The ''New York Times'' describes them a ...

, and helps run his film production company, ''Apathy Productions''. Her father is multi-talented musician

Mel Davis Melvyn Jerome Davis (born November 9, 1950) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'6" power forward from St. John's University, Davis played four seasons (1973–1977) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the ...

Education

Amy Davis studied at

Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the ...

(RISD) and graduated with a BFA degree in illustration. She has been known to describe her experience at RISD as one of torture and anguish, saying that she "tried to drop out but was forced to stay and graduate."

Films

Amy Davis began her acting career in 1990 in Jon Moritsugu's ''My Degeneration''. From there on she acted in all of his films; she was Eightball in '' Terminal USA'' (1993). Davis was the star of 1994's ''

Mod Fuck Explosion ''Mod Fuck Explosion'' is a 1994 film by Jon Moritsugu about a young girl named London who is trying to find meaning in the world, or a leather jacket of her very own. Unaccepted by the Mods or the bikers, she tries to find her own path through lif ...

'' as the angst ridden teen London, caught between a violent gang war. 1997's '' Fame Whore'' brought her the roll of Sophie. She played the character Roxxy in ''Scumrock'' (2002), as well as was the co-writer and cinematographer. Davis shares the role of screenwriter and film producer with husband Jon Moritsugu. They are in post production on their latest film, '' Pig Death Machine''. In spring of 2011,

directed with wife and creative partner, Amy Davis, a music video for the song No Future Shock by Brooklyn rock group

TV on the Radio TV on the Radio (TVOTR) is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2001. The band consists of Tunde Adebimpe (vocals, loops), David Andrew Sitek (guitars, keyboards, loops), Kyp Malone (vocals, guitars, bass, loops), and Jale ...

. The video is one in a movie-length series of music videos for the band's new album ''

Nine Types of Light ''Nine Types of Light'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band TV on the Radio, released on April 11, 2011, through Interscope Records. It is the final TV on the Radio album to feature bassist Gerard Smith, who died of lung cancer nine ...

''. All the videos were also released as part of a one-hour long movie on the same date.

''Paper'' magazine

From 1996 to 2005, Davis worked for ''Paper'' magazine, writing and illustrating the monthly column "Style Fiends", which featured characters created by Davis, who were dripping in the latest hard-to-find fashion. She also did a special fashion week project in 2000 called Lab Launchpad Lounge. In this feature, her illustrations featured radical elements such as dangerous looking braces, or a figure wearing a dress that says "Eat the Rich". In 2009 she started a blog for ''Paper'' magazine called "Couture Voyeur" and featured Amy's characters sporting the fashion that everyone wants but cannot afford. Her illustrated makeovers were also featured in the magazine, and well as celebrity illustrations. She was also featured in ''Papers book ''20 years of Style: The world according to Paper'', and also ''From Abfab to Zen: Paper's guide to pop culture'' published in 1999.

Music

Davis is bass and vocals for the garage band "Low on High", which she started with

. They are a lo-fi band with a skuzzy garage punk feel. They self-released their self-titled CD in 2009.

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