Julie Davis (born 1969) is an American film director, writer and
actress. Davis is best known for directing, writing and acting in the
romantic comedy film Amy's Orgasm. Davis' first film, the ultra
low-budget I Love You, Don't Touch Me! debuted at the 1997 Sundance
Film Festival. She also directed the cult gay romantic comedy All Over
the Guy in 2001 and the 2010 film Finding Bliss, based on her
experiences as an editor at the Playboy Channel.Davis grew up in a
Jewish family in Miami, Florida. As a child, she spent her summers at
the Interlochen Arts Academy studying classical piano. She attended
Southwood Middle School and graduated from Miami Palmetto High School
in 1986. She attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1990. At
Dartmouth, she majored in Comparative Literature and spent nine months
living in Mainz, Germany and Toulouse, France. As part of her
Dartmouth Senior Fellowship, Davis made her first full-length film, a
World War II period drama with part French and German subtitles about
a French prostitute forced to collaborate with the Nazis who falls in
love with a Jewish resistance fighter and must choose between her
conscience and survival. After graduating Dartmouth, Davis attended
the AFI Conservatory's editing training program, graduating in 1991.In
1995, she moved to Los Angeles where she got her start in the film
business by editing and directing ultra-low-budget films. While
editing promos for the Playboy Channel, she raised $60,000 to make her
first feature I Love You, Don't Touch Me! which premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival in 1997 and was sold to the Samuel Goldwyn
Company. Davis was compared to a female Woody Allen.Davis' second film
Amy's Orgasm won the Audience Choice Award for best feature at the
Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2001.
actress. Davis is best known for directing, writing and acting in the
romantic comedy film Amy's Orgasm. Davis' first film, the ultra
low-budget I Love You, Don't Touch Me! debuted at the 1997 Sundance
Film Festival. She also directed the cult gay romantic comedy All Over
the Guy in 2001 and the 2010 film Finding Bliss, based on her
experiences as an editor at the Playboy Channel.Davis grew up in a
Jewish family in Miami, Florida. As a child, she spent her summers at
the Interlochen Arts Academy studying classical piano. She attended
Southwood Middle School and graduated from Miami Palmetto High School
in 1986. She attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1990. At
Dartmouth, she majored in Comparative Literature and spent nine months
living in Mainz, Germany and Toulouse, France. As part of her
Dartmouth Senior Fellowship, Davis made her first full-length film, a
World War II period drama with part French and German subtitles about
a French prostitute forced to collaborate with the Nazis who falls in
love with a Jewish resistance fighter and must choose between her
conscience and survival. After graduating Dartmouth, Davis attended
the AFI Conservatory's editing training program, graduating in 1991.In
1995, she moved to Los Angeles where she got her start in the film
business by editing and directing ultra-low-budget films. While
editing promos for the Playboy Channel, she raised $60,000 to make her
first feature I Love You, Don't Touch Me! which premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival in 1997 and was sold to the Samuel Goldwyn
Company. Davis was compared to a female Woody Allen.Davis' second film
Amy's Orgasm won the Audience Choice Award for best feature at the
Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2001.
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