Lagueria Davis

Lagueria Davis is an American film director, writer and producer. She is best known for her work on the films Light in Dark Places, 1 in 3, and Black Barbie: A Documentary, winner of two Daytime Emmy Awards.

Career Davis holds a BFA in Media Art from the University of Oklahoma. Remember Me a pilot she wrote was a 2016 WeScreenplay TV competition semi-finalist. Maid of Dishonor a feature she co-wrote was a Nicholls Fellowship Quarter-Finalist in 2016. Her short film, Light in Dark Places, won best short film at the 2019 ClexaCon Film Festival.

Davis was selected as a 2019 BAVC Media Maker Fellow with her project, Black Barbie: A Documentary. In 2025, the film won Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program and Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Non-Fiction Program.

She is a board member of the Alliance of Women Directors.

Filmography YearTitle Writer Director Producer Note 2007 Broken, Floating, Diving, Hoping... Short Film 2007 That in-Between Place Short Film 2008 Text Book Love Story Short Film 2009 Help Yourself Short Film 2010 1 in 3 Feature Film 2014 Rods and Cones 5 episodes 2015 Parking Documentary 2017 The Exchange 8 episodes 2018 Light in Dark Places Short film 2023 Black Barbie: A Documentary Documentary