Brendan Davis

Writer / Director / Producer working internationally in film & TV and a cross-border speaker, podcaster, and consultant. He began his entertainment career in Atlanta in 1990, moved to Los Angeles in 2002, and has been co-located in Beijing and Los Angeles since 2013. Davis has been a producer on films premiering, competing, or winning at Sundance ("Metamorphosis", 2016; Sundance HK), Toronto (DEADGIRL, 2008; BORN TO DANCE, 2015), Berlin (BORN TO DANCE, 2016) and other top festivals. In 2013 Davis produced the first Los Angeles-based season of Chinese TV hit "Jia Pian You Yue", featuring Stan Lee, Justin Lin, M. Night Shyamalan, Sean Astin, and others. He is a former Producing faculty member at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. Davis is currently in development on Paris-based feature film MY FAVORITE SEASON. In addition to his film efforts, Davis created, produced and hosted the popular China podcast “Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom".

Crazyhot Insight
This film - which I helped name CrazyHot - really snuck up on me. When I first met Eric I liked him immediately, and I had just had another project vanish and I was unexpectedly available, so I said YES to helping him edit and shape his obsession. As I dug into the massive pile of footage - originally over 80 hours' worth of interviews and 10,000+ b-roll shots - and got a better idea of what was in store for me, I had a minor nervous breakdown. I stuck with it to see it through, even as I moved to China while Eric kept shooting NEW interviews and footage. I’m glad that he did, and that I didn’t collapse during the process either, because what we finally ended up with - after close to 5 years’ worth of work - is a doc unlike any other I’ve seen on the subject. It made ME a chilehead in the end, too, so for that fact alone I’m forever grateful. I hope you enjoy the film, and that you learn to love the burn the same way I did. It’s the best.