Jeffrey Delano Davis

Jeffrey spent his college years studying drama and literature at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, before relocating to New York City, where he settled into the East Village. 

While in the East Village, he managed a coffee shop during the day and performed in Shakespeare plays at downtown theaters at night. Ironically, he learned as much about art-making from the cafe as he did the theater. A cross-section of humanity flowed through the coffee bar where he worked, and experiences with tweaked 90s ravers, idealistic students, prominent filmmakers, drag queens, reformed drug addicts, politicians, the unhoused, you name it, profoundly influenced his understanding of empathy, character, and narrative.

Soon after, Jeffrey received his MFA in Acting from Rutgers University and spent 20 years acting in New York City. 

Now, Jeffrey is primarily a filmmaker and writer of fiction. His late interests have expanded to include conceptual writing and photographic art. 

Film highlights include the international television distribution of his much-loved short film "Three Sonnets" and a humanitarian award from the Idyllwild Film Festival for his searing documentary "The Art of Catastrophe'. His newest film, “Digital Automatic Writing,” a short experimental work, was awarded “Most Innovative Film” at The Allentown Film Festival, and is poised for a long festival run.

Recent publications include "Which Nothingness Shall We Choose For Us?", "Down Chuska Mountain," and his digital poem "Decentralized," a web 3.0 love poem dedicated to his wife, featured on ABC and Fox News affiliates, as well as numerous other newspapers and journals. 

Jeffrey lives in Red Bank, New Jersey, with his wife and muse, Maria, and his two daughters, Vera and Josie.