Adam Davenport

A Billboard-charting artist and graduate of Yale, Adam Davenport has worked on such internationally-renowned stages as The Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall and Theatre Row. Born in Harvey, Illinois, one of the poorest neighborhoods in the country, Davenport overcame many obstacles in his youth to graduate from Yale's film school cum laude and became a recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker Award, a distinction shared by Paul Thomas Anderson and Steven Soderbergh on their first filmmaking efforts. At 26 he became the youngest member in the Playwright/Directors Unit of the Actors Studio: his interview was with Martin Landau. After working as a screenwriter in his twenties and optioning spec scripts to numerous A-list production companies including Arthur Sarkissan Productions (Rush Hour franchise) and Hugh Jackman's producing partner John Palermo, Davenport left Los Angeles and began to study acting in New York City under Milton Justice, who coached the likes of Mark Ruffalo, Benicio