Why this filmmaker matters
Carmel Davies has 0 titles cut in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Editor in the Nutevio catalogue.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Carmel Davies has 0 titles cut in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Davies set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Catalogue work still being written up by our editors.
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Loading credits…
Canonical people credited alongside this name across multiple titles.

Walter Hill
Director
7 shared titles · Geronimo: An American Legend

Eddie Murphy
Actor
3 shared titles · Another 48 Hrs.
Freeman A. Davies
Editor
3 shared titles · Geronimo: An American Legend
Donn Aron
Editor
3 shared titles · Geronimo: An American Legend

Kevin Tighe
Actor
2 shared titles · Geronimo: An American Legend

Ed O'Ross
Actor
2 shared titles · Another 48 Hrs.

John Milius
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Geronimo: An American Legend

Larry Gross
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Geronimo: An American Legend

James Horner
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Another 48 Hrs.

Matthew F. Leonetti
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Another 48 Hrs.
Have your say
Community
Which Carmel Davies performance holds up best?
Our readers argue about this one. Make your case, or read the ranked debate already in progress.
Join the conversation
Reference