Born and raised in Memphis, TN, writer/director Kirk Davis preached his first sermon at 10, read Nietzsche and drank his first bottle of Jack Daniels at 15, studied Faulkner at 20 and his first novel at 22. Inspired by Kubrick, Bergman, and Fellini, he gave up novel writing and moved to New York City to pursue more open-ended and lyrical kinds of stories for the screen.
He utilized his unusual childhood and adolescent experiences as a southern preacher-and his subsequent deprogramming followed by his life as a writer/performer for the NY comedy sketch troupe Tunnelvision - to bring Screen Door Jesus to life. Adopting and interweaving a similar cinematic technique to author Christopher Cook's lyrical voice, the film attempts to encompass and express the scope of southern religion within several interconnected story lines: the good, the bad, and the ugly that religion inherently possesses.
An MFA recipient from Columbia University's Film Program, Kirk has written and directed two short films, Redemption, and Prisoner of the Shallow End, along with co-writing the mock-doc Show Me the Aliens! This is his first feature. He lives in Hell's Kitchen.
Indican Pictures
