Author Profile

Ivette García Dávila

Ivette García Dávila is a bilingual Cuban-Puerto Rican author and award-winning filmmaker based out of Los Angeles. Ivette’s been shortlisted for the Nicholls, the Women in Film / The Black List Writers Residency, Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Competition, the Universal Writers Program, and the Disney TV Writing Program. Her film CAREER DAY won best short at the HBO NY Latino Film Festival. Ivette has an MFA in Film, is a fellow of the Trinidad + Tobago International Film Festival (TTFF) Filmmaker’s Immersion Program and a recipient of NALIP’s Emerging Content Creator Scholarship. Most recently, she penned the treatment for a scripted interactive narrative with Doug Liman’s outfit 30 Ninjas. A multifaceted industry professional, Ivette is a successful casting director, and her credits include the Academy Award nominated “My Year of D!cks.” She’s a reformed beach bum, a multi-tasking mom, and a black-thumbed gardener.