Dimonique "Dime" Davis (born October 4, 1985) is an American director and producer. She directed several episodes of the

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series ''

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'', and was the co-showrunner of the second season. Davis was the director and executive producer of the debut season of HBO's '' A Black Lady Sketch Show'', for which she received a 2020 Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series, the first Black woman to do so.

Life and career

Davis was raised in

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, Texas. She attended a performing arts high school and received her bachelor's degree from Chapman University in 2008. She attended the same high school and college as director

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and actress Elle Lorraine. In 2015 she participated in

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’s Directing Workshop for Women, during which she produced a short film, ''Sugar'', starring Elle Lorraine. In 2018, she was hired as a writer and story editor for

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's ''

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''. Davis was commissioned by

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to produce the short film ''Wild Wild West: A Beautiful Rant by Mark Bradford'' about artist

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that debuted at 2018 Sundance. After Waithe saw the film, she invited Davis to work on ''

'', which was still in production. Davis directed eight episodes and was co-showrunner for season 2. In 2019, Davis directed the first season of HBO's '' A Black Lady Sketch Show'', created by

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. She received a 2020

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nomination Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series and was the first Black woman to receive a nomination. She founded the production company Three's A Crowd with Elle Lorraine in 2020. Davis is developing an animated feature adaptation of her short film ''Sugar''.

References

External links

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Official website
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