Keith L. Davis

Instructional Assistant Professor of Film Production

Keith L. Davis is an actor, filmmaker, and educator with experience in the United States and Europe. He earned his M.F.A. in Acting at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. He has performed on and off Broadway in Julius Caesar, Festen, and Hoodoo Love, and regionally at Steppenwolf Theatre and Yale Rep. His television credits include Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Third Watch, Guiding Light, and various commercials. He has also appeared in films such as Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, De Dominee, The Arrangement, Mitchellville, and In God's Hands. 

Keith received his M.F.A. in Filmmaking from New York University as a Dean's Fellowship recipient. His work as a writer and director has been featured at numerous film festivals, including Athens International Film+Video, BronzeLens, Chicago International, Dallas International, Expresión en Corto, Fort Lauderdale International, Rooftop Films, Palm Springs International Short Fest, San Francisco Black Film Festival, Oxford Film Festival, and Urbanworld. 

Keith’s debut narrative feature, The American People, is currently supported by the Sundance Feature Film Program, where he was honored as a Screenwriting and Directing Fellow. During his time at the Sundance Labs, he received the Lynn Auerbach Screenwriting Fellowship and the Honda Motors-sponsored Power of Dreams Fellowship for directing. 

As an editor, his feature film credits include Insecure: The End (HBO), Between the World and Me (HBO), Druid Peak, The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts, and Maladies. Keith has also worked with clients such as World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Vice Media, Amazon Prime, Netflix, UNICEF, Gucci, RabbitBandini, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Nokia, Jay-Z/Roc-a-Fella, Cisco, Chevy, SpikeDDB, Hot Snakes Media, Second Peninsula, Salesforce, The Documentary Group, Mass Appeal, and Firelight Media. 

Keith has previously taught acting and filmmaking at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn College, New York University, and New York Film Academy. 

Areas of Specialization: Acting and Performance for stage and camera, Directing, and Editing for Film, Television, and Media Post-Production