About Robert P. Davis
Lived 1929 – 2005 (aged 76). Robert P. Davis was an American film director, novelist, screenwriter and author.
Robert P. Davis (October 8, 1929 – November 7, 2005) was an American author, screenwriter, and film director whose works are primarily centered on aviation.
His 1960 short film Day of the Painter won an Academy Award in 1961 for Best Short Subject.
Davis's 1976 novel The Pilot, about an alcohol-abusing airline captain, served as the source material for his screenplay for the motion picture of the same title, released in 1980, in which Cliff Robertson acted out the lead role and which Robertson also directed.
Movies and TV Day of the Painter (short film) (1960) The Pilot (1980) Final Descent (TV) (1997), based on The Glass Cockpit
Books The Pilot (New York: Morrow, 1976) Cat Five (New York: Pocket Books, 1977) Control Tower (New York: Putnam's, 1980) The Glass Cockpit (1991)
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Who was Robert P. Davis?
American writer and director (1929-2005)
When was Robert P. Davis born?
Robert P. Davis was born on 8 October 1929.
When did Robert P. Davis die?
Robert P. Davis died on 7 November 2005 in Providence.
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Robert P. Davis was a film director, novelist, screenwriter and author.
What nationality was Robert P. Davis?
Robert P. Davis was American.
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