Kate Davis is an American director, producer and editor. She is best known for ''

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'' (2001), and '' Traffic Stop'' (2017) for which she received

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject This is a list of films by year that have received an Academy Award together with the other nominations for best documentary short film. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are annou ...

nomination with husband David at the

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. More recently she and her husband, David Heilbroner, directed ''Say Her Name'', a documentary about the life and death of

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Filmography

* 2018: ''Say Her Name: The Life and Death of

'' (Documentary) * 2017: ''Traffic Stop'' (Documentary short) * 2014: ''The Newburgh Sting'' (Documentary) * 2013: ''The Cheshire Murders'' (TV Movie documentary) * 2011: ''American Experience'' (TV Series documentary) (1 episode) * 2010: '' Stonewall Uprising'' (Documentary) * 2009: '' Waiting for Armageddon'' (Documentary) * 2007: ''Addiction'' (TV Movie documentary) (segment "The Adolescent Addict") * 2007: ''The Addiction Project'' (TV Series) (1 episode) * 2006: ''Plastic Disasters'' (TV Movie documentary) * 2006: ''Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (TV Series documentary) (1 episode) * 2005: ''Pucker Up'' (Documentary) * 2004: ''Jockey'' (Documentary) * 2001: ''

'' (Documentary) * 1990: ''A World Alive'' (Documentary) * 1987: ''Girltalk'' (Documentary) * 1983: ''America Undercover'' (TV Series documentary) (episode "Southern Comfort", episode "Jockey")

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Kate Davis
at CineDigm * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Kate Living people 1960s births People from Boston Film producers from Massachusetts American women film directors American film editors Film directors from Massachusetts American women film producers American women film editors 21st-century American women