Reid Davenport
Reid Davenport | |
|---|---|
 Reid Davenport at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival | |
| Education | George Washington University (BA) Stanford University (MFA) |
| Occupation | film director |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellow (2026) |
| Website | www |
Reid Davenport is an American filmmaker.[1] He won the Sundance Film Festival's U.S. Documentary Directing Award in 2022 for his film, I Didn't See You There.
Early life and education
Davenport grew up in Bethel, Connecticut.[2] He has a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication from The George Washington University and an MFA in documentary film from Stanford University.[3][4]
Davenport has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair.[2]
Career
Davenport's 2022 film I Didn't See You There was shot in his perspective from his electric wheelchair.[5] For it he received the 2022 U.S. Documentary Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival.[5]
In 2025, Davenport directed the film Life After about Elizabeth Bouvia.[6][7]
In April 2026, Davenport was awarded the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship in Film-Video.[8][9]
Filmography
- Wheelchair Diaries: One Step Up (2013)
- A Cerebral Game (2015)
- I Didn't See You There (2022)[10]
- Life After (2025)
References
- ↑ Carey, Matthew (July 16, 2025). "Doc Talk Podcast: 'Life After' Filmmaker Reid Davenport And Producer Colleen Cassingham Investigate Groundbreaking Right-To-Die Case".
- 1 2 "Oakland director turns camera around on disability with documentary 'I Didn't See You There'".
- ↑ "Strategies for Seeing Differently". DC/DOX. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "Reid Davenport | MFA in Documentary Film at Stanford University". documentaryfilm.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- 1 2 "Redefining Disability through the Lens of Art". GW Magazine.
- ↑ "'Life After' Review: What the End Means". The New York Times. 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ ""Societal Failures Are Dictating What People Do": Reid Davenport's 'Life After' Connects Assisted Dying With a Fear of Disability | International Documentary Association". www.documentary.org. January 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Announcing the 2026 Guggenheim Fellows". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. April 14, 2026. Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ "2026 Guggenheim Fellowships Go to Sonya Clark, John Miller, and American Artist". ArtNews.com. Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ Horton, Adrian (January 11, 2023). "'I wanted people to inhabit my body': an innovative film about disability" – via The Guardian.