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Davis was born the second out of four children in [[Studio City, Los Angeles|Studio City, California]]. She was exposed to the media industry at an early age by her grandfather, a comedy writer, and her grandmother, who was an actress at Fox. Davis and her family constantly watched films and she aspired to become an actress. In the 11th grade, Davis dropped out of high school and met Egyptian film producer Ibrahim Moussa. Ibrahim took Davis to Italy for six months to work.
Returning to the U.S., Davis worked at an art gallery but soon quit to work at [[American Zoetrope]] in an apprentice position. The studio was struggling to complete [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s Waterloo, ''[[One
==Career==
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Davis is also known for directing films such as ''[[Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child]]'', ''[[CB4]]'', ''[[Billy Madison]]'', and ''[[Half Baked]]'' and television shows such as ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' and ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''. She also directed the film ''[[Crossroads (2002 film)|Crossroads]]'', starring [[Britney Spears]].<ref name="Cooking">{{cite news | url=http://www.tamradaviscookingshow.com | title =Tamra Davis Cooking Show | work=tamradaviscookingshow.com | year=2010 | access-date=February 1, 2010}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Wagmeister |first=Elizabeth |date=2022-02-15 |title=Britney Spears' 'Crossroads' Turns 20: Director Tamra Davis Shares Memories on Working With Pop Star (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/britney-spears-crossroads-movie-tamra-davis-1235181765/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
For the film ''[[CB4]]'', [[Rupert Wainwright]] was originally asked to direct the film.<ref name=":0" /> Davis was their second choice after Wainwright turned the project down.<ref name=":0" /> According to Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, the comedy made fun of the seriousness and sexism of rap music videos while also taking a look at how Hollywood has misused African-American culture in the industry.<ref name=":1" /> Foster also examined that Davis was not part of the writing of this film. However, it was noted that she did add her own knowledge of music videos, rap, and politics into the film.<ref name=":1" /> '
According to an article in ''[[The New York Times]]'', Tamra Davis had trouble finding a good location for the Western film she was originally supposed to direct, ''[[Bad Girls (1994 film)|Bad Girls]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite news|author=Weinraub, Bernard|title=Hollywood Recycles the Western to Offer New Heroes: Women|work=New York Times|date=May 3, 1993}}</ref> Many sources state that the studio disagreed with the feminist approach Davis was taking for the film ''[[Bad Girls (1994 film)|Bad Girls]]'' (1994).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> According to multiple sources, many producers were in disagreement with what Davis wanted within the film.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Lane revealed that the budget given was not enough to provide Davis with the equipment she needed.<ref name=":0" /> In the end, Davis was replaced with director [[Jonathan Kaplan]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> With the new director, the script was rewritten and the earlier footage was abandoned.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
Currently, Davis has a cooking show showcasing vegetarian fare called Tamra Davis Cooking Show accessible on her website www.tamradaviscookingshow.com. She also wrote a cookbook titled ''Make Me Something Good to Eat''.<ref name="Cooking" />
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Davis married [[Mike D]] of the [[Beastie Boys]] in 1993.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/how-exbeastie-boy-mike-d-found-new-peace-in-malibu-w451725|title=Mike D's Endless Summer: How Ex–Beastie Boy Found New Peace in Malibu|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2018-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Levy |first=Joe |date=1998-08-06 |title=The Beastie Boys Are Back in Town |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-beastie-boys-are-back-in-town-88904/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> They are now legally separated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marchese |first=David |date=2018-03-26 |title=Mike D on His New Life, NYC Versus L.A., and How Rap Has Changed |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/mike-d-beastie-boys-in-conversation.html |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> They have two children, Skyler and Davis.
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* ''Make Me Something Good to Eat'' (2009)
==
===Film===
* ''[[Guncrazy]]'' (1992)
* ''[[CB4]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Bad Girls (1994 film)|Bad Girls]]''{{efn|Removed from production during filming; footage scrapped}} (1994)
* ''No Alternative Girls'' (1994)
* ''[[Billy Madison]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Best Men]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Half Baked]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Skipped Parts]]'' (2000) (Also executive producer)
* ''[[Crossroads (2002 film)|Crossroads]]'' (2002)
* ''[[13 (2022 film)|13]]'' (2022)
Ref.:<ref>{{Cite web |title='Guncrazy' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/guncrazyrhinson_a0a7e4.htm |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1993-01-20 |title=MOVIE REVIEW : 'Guncrazy' Young Lovers on the Road to Armageddon |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-20-ca-1426-story.html |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |date=1992-05-19 |title=Guncrazy |url=https://variety.com/1992/film/reviews/guncrazy-2-1200429667/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=1993-01-20 |title=Guncrazy |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/guncrazy-255637/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilmington |first=Michael |date=1993-03-12 |title=MOVIE REVIEW : 'CB4' Hips, Hops and Just Bounces Too Much |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-12-ca-9899-story.html |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Variety Staff |date=1993-01-01 |title=Cb4 |url=https://variety.com/1992/film/reviews/cb4-1200431361/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rainer |first=Peter |date=1995-02-11 |title=MOVIE REVIEW : No New Lessons When 'Billy' Goes Back to Public School |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-11-ca-30717-story.html |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fear |first=David |date=2015-04-21 |title=Why 'Billy Madison' Is Still Adam Sandler's Best Movie |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/american-idiot-why-billy-madison-is-still-adam-sandlers-best-movie-64541/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1998-01-16 |title='Half Baked' Review |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-16-ca-8736-story.html |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gelder |first=Lawrence Van |date=1998-01-17 |title=FILM REVIEW; Marijuana Moments, Many of Them |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/17/movies/film-review-marijuana-moments-many-of-them.html |access-date=2022-12-31 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bucksbaum |first=Sydney |title=Justin Long shares sweet #TBT memories of working with Britney Spears on 'Crossroads' |url=https://ew.com/movies/justin-long-britney-spears-crossroads-memories/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=2002-02-15 |title=FILM REVIEW; A Britney Spears Vehicle That Bypasses the Bumps |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/movies/film-review-a-britney-spears-vehicle-that-bypasses-the-bumps.html |access-date=2022-12-31 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Horst |first=Carole |date=2022-08-15 |title=How '13: The Musical' Mixes Broadway Energy With a TikTok Vibe |url=https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/13-musical-jamal-sims-musical-1235341944/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2022-04-27 |title=Netflix Announces Summer Slate Including Dates For Jamie Foxx's 'Day Shift' And Kevin Hart's 'Me Time' |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/netflix-summer-slate-jamie-foxx-day-shift-kevin-hart-me-time-1235010339/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Documentary film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Producer
|-
| 2002
| ''Keep Your Eyes Open''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2006
| ''A Conversation with Basquiat''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=2010-08-19 |title=Movies: 'Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-19-la-et-pickbasquiat19-20100819-story.html |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2010-04-29 |title=Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Is Boom for Real |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2010/04/jean-michele-basqiat |access-date=2022-12-31 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=AP |last2=AP |date=2010-10-14 |title=Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child — Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/jean-michel-basquiat-radiant-child-29225/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2013
| ''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
|
|-
|2005||''[[My Name Is Earl]]''|| 1 episode
|-
|rowspan=3|2006||''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''|| 1 episode
|-
|''[[Love Monkey]]''|| 2 episodes
|-
|''[[Men in Trees]]''|| 1 episode
|-
|
|-
|-
|2008||''[[The Ex List]]''|| 1 episode
|-
|
|-
|
|-
|2013||''[[Hit the Floor (TV series)|Hit the Floor]]''|| 5 episodes
|-
|
|-
|-
|''[[Younger (TV series)|Younger]]''|| 4 episodes
|-
|rowspan=3|2016||''[[Still the King (TV series)|Still the King]]''|| 3 episodes
|-
|-
|-
|
|-
|-
|-
|-
|''[[Kevin (Probably) Saves the World]]''|| 1 episode
|-
|
|-
|''[[Empire (2015 TV series)|Empire]]''|| 1 episode
|-
|''[[God Friended Me]]''|| 1 episode
|-
|rowspan=3|2019||''[[Future Man (TV series)|Future Man]]''|| 2 episodes
|-
|-
|''[[High School Musical: The Musical: The Series]]'' || 3 episodes
|-
|rowspan=5|2020||''[[Miracle Workers (2019 TV series)|Miracle Workers]]'' || 1 episode
|-
|''[[Dead to Me (TV series)|Dead to Me]]'' || 2 episodes
|-
|-
|-
|''[[P-Valley]]''|| 1 episode<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |date=2020-07-09 |title='P-Valley': Down and Out in the Mississippi Delta |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/p-valley-starz-review-1024857/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2022||''[[Good Sam (TV series)|Good Sam]]''|| 1 episode<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=2021-12-12 |title='Good Sam' Trailer: Sophia Bush & Jason Isaacs Are At Odds In CBS Medical Drama |url=https://deadline.com/video/good-sam-sophia-bush-jason-isaacs-cbs/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2023||''[[The Afterparty (TV series)|The Afterparty]]''|| 2 episodes
|}
===Music
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{| class="wikitable
|-
! Year
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|-
|rowspan=2|1986||"[[Stripped (song)|But Not Tonight]]"||[[Depeche Mode]]||
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1987||"[[Shoplifters of the World Unite]]"||rowspan=2|[[The Smiths]]||
|-
|-
|rowspan=3|1988||"[[Anne's Song]]"||[[Faith No More]]||
|-
|-
|-
|rowspan=6|1989||"Closer to Fine"||[[Indigo Girls]]||
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
| |-
|rowspan=2|1990||"[[From a Distance#Bette Midler version|From a Distance]]"||[[Bette Midler]]||
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1991
|"[[Call It What You Want (New Kids on the Block song)|Call It What You Want]]"
|[[New Kids on the Block]]
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|-
|-
|rowspan=3|1992||"Netty's Girl"||[[Beastie Boys]]||
|-
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1993||"[[I Got You Babe#Cher with Beavis and Butt-Head version|I Got You Babe]]"||[[Cher]] with [[Beavis and Butt-Head]]||
|-
|-
|rowspan=3|1994||"Big Gay Heart"
|-
|-
|-
|rowspan=5|1995
|"I Dig You"
|[[Boss Hog]]
|
|-
|"Pacer"
|[[The Amps]]
|
|-
|"Away with the Pixies"
|[[Ben Lee]]
|
|-
|-
|"Kiss and Tell"
|[[G. Love & Special Sauce]]
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1997||"[[MMMBop]]"||[[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]||
|-
|"Drawer"
|[[Summercamp]]
|
|-
|-
|1998||"[[Boy You Knock Me Out]]"||[[Tatyana Ali]]||
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.tamradaviscookingshow.com/ Tamra Davis cooking show website]
* {{IMDb name|id=0205542}}
{{Tamra Davis}}
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