Mitch Davis is an American film director, writer, and producer noted for his 2001 film The Other Side of Heaven about the trials and adventures of a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, John H Groberg.
14 Facts About Mitch Davis
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Mitch Davis has written seven films, directed five, and produced three.
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Mitch Davis attended Brigham Young University and the University of Southern California.
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Mitch Davis served as a missionary for the church in Cordoba, Argentina in the 1970s and received a bachelor's degree in English from Brigham Young University in 1982.
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Mitch Davis later attended the University of Southern California and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in film production in 1989.
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Mitch Davis is married to Michelle Davis, and has two sons and two daughters.
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Mitch Davis went on to become a creative executive, working on films such as Dead Poet's Society, White Fang, The Rocketeer, and Newsies.
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Mitch Davis wrote the screenplay for the Disney Channel film Windrunner.
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Mitch Davis became a director and producer to ensure that his films would be released how he originally envisioned them.
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Mitch Davis was struck by lightning while on a camping trip in Colorado.
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Mitch Davis then wrote a three-part documentary series for BYUtv entitled Fires of Faith: The Coming Forth of the King James Bible, a historical piece featuring figures such as William Tyndale, Martin Luther, and King Henry VIII.
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Mitch Davis continued with BYUtv to write another documentary about Handel's Messiah in 2014.
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Mitch Davis co-wrote the PBS docudrama Joseph Smith: American Prophet in 2017, a remake of the 1999 film of the same name.
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Mitch Davis has released a book entitled Journey of Faith: The Making of the Other Side of Heaven, with Molen and Garbett as co-authors.