Lagueria Davis

Lagueria Davis
Born8 February
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
OccupationsDirector, writer, producer, editor
Years active2007-present

Lagueria Davis is an American film director, writer and producer.[1][2][3] She is best known for her work on the films Light in Dark Places, 1 in 3,[4] and Black Barbie: A Documentary, winner of two Daytime Emmy Awards.[5]

Career

Davis holds a BFA in Media Art from the University of Oklahoma.[6] Remember Me a pilot she wrote was a 2016 WeScreenplay TV competition semi-finalist.[7] Maid of Dishonor a feature she co-wrote was a Nicholls Fellowship Quarter-Finalist in 2016. Her short film, Light in Dark Places, won best short film at the 2019 ClexaCon Film Festival.

Davis was selected as a 2019 BAVC Media Maker Fellow with her project, Black Barbie: A Documentary.[8] In 2025, the film won Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program and Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Non-Fiction Program.[5]

She is a board member of the Alliance of Women Directors.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Writer Director Producer Note
2007 Broken, Floating, Diving, Hoping... Green tick Green tick Red X Short Film
2007 That in-Between Place Green tick Green tick Red X Short Film
2008 Text Book Love Story Green tick Green tick Red X Short Film
2009 Help Yourself Green tick Green tick Red X Short Film
2010 1 in 3 Green tick Green tick Red X Feature Film
2014 Rods and Cones Red X Red X Green tick 5 episodes
2015 Parking Green tick Green tick Red X Documentary
2017 The Exchange Green tick Green tick Green tick 8 episodes
2018 Light in Dark Places Green tick Green tick Green tick Short film
2023 Black Barbie: A Documentary Green tick Green tick Green tick Documentary

References

  1. 1 2 "Lagueria Davis". allianceofwomendirectors.org. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  2. ↑ "A film 5 years in making". normantranscript.com. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  3. ↑ "THE TEST PODCAST: LAGUERIA DAVIS". cinefemme.net. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  4. ↑ "Light In Dark Places". filmindependent.org. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  5. 1 2 Franklin, McKinley (October 17, 2025). "2025 Daytime Emmys Winners: 'General Hospital' Leads With Seven Awards While Sir David Attenborough Breaks Dick Van Dyke's Record". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
  6. ↑ "LIGHT IN DARK PLACES". festival.outfest.org. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  7. ↑ "WETV SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED". wescreenplay.com. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  8. ↑ "A documentary about Black female representation through the history of Barbie". blackbarbiefilm.com. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
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