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Deborah Davis is a British screenwriter, known for The Favourite (2018). Davis has a background in practicing law and journalism. She wrote the first draft of what would become The Favourite in 1998, under the original title The Balance of Power, and earned an MA from the University of East Anglia.
The Favourite is a 2018 period black comedy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara. A co-production between Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the film stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz.
Marie Antoinette is a historical drama television series created and written by Deborah Davis. It is produced by the BBC and Canal+ and based on the life of the last queen of France before the French Revolution, who was 14 years old when she became Dauphine of France upon her marriage to the heir apparent, Louis-Auguste .
Deborah Davis is known for The Favourite (2018), Marie Antoinette (2022) and 5 News Tonight (2014).
Nov 23, 2018 · When Deborah Davis first wrote the script 20 years ago — under the working title “Balance of Power” — she was fascinated by the dynamics among Queen Anne (Olivia Colman), Lady Sarah Churchill...
Jan 13, 2019 · A visionary director who had written or co-written each of his films since starting out in 1995, Yorgos Lanthimos changed tack with his latest effort, The Favourite, collaborating with...
Deborah Davis. UEA Creative Writing graduate Deborah Davis won the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2019 Baftas (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) for The Favourite, which she co-wrote with Tony McNamara.
