Genevieve Davis

Genevieve Davis is an author, award winning filmmaker and professional artist.

Davis's book of her adventures hunting down her family's roots in organized crime, is called Secret Life, Secret Death. It details the true story of a young mother's life in the Chicago Mob in the Roaring 20's. The book is based on her ten year genealogy research project in Chicago and Wisconsin. She has visited over 75 museums, universities and libraries to present educational screenings of her film with Q & A talkbacks, as well as doing Author Talks with her books, Secret Life, Secret Death and Fanni’s Viennese Kitchen.

Davis also produced, directed, wrote, designed and edited the no-budget film SECRET LIFE, SECRET DEATH, without a crew.

Her film is noted for being

“A haunting story” --Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune

"Technically innovative and dazzling." --Marty Rubin, Gene Siskel Film Center

This is her first feature film, which she created with a community of 85 volunteer actors and the owners of antique cars, trains, vintage costumes and props, to create this period film set in the decades from 1910 to 1948.

Her critically acclaimed, award-winning feature film, SECRET LIFE, SECRET DEATH, won Best Art Film and Best Costume at film festivals. The film has played in theaters in the U.S. and also at film festivals in Rome and London.

Davis's expressionistic visual style differs from other filmmakers, because she is also a professional artist. Her paintings have been commissioned by ballet, opera and theater companies, designers, museums & film producers. Davis is also an educator who has lectured on Art and Art History as well as her own works.