BJ Davis

BJ Davis is a Member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, formerly with the Producers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild. BJ produced the controversial award-winning documentary feature film Top Priority: The Terror Within (2012), which premiered at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on May 16, 2012. "Top Priority: The Terror Within" was released theatrically in New York and Los Angeles and won a Best Picture award showcasing the government's whistle-blower retaliation against his wife, Julia Davis Julia Davis, a former Customs and Border Protection federal agent. BJ worked his way through the ranks of the film industry, as an Assistant Director, Stuntman, to writing, producing and directing. BJ has a degree in Communications and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. BJ was inducted into the Hollywood Stuntman Hall of Fame and served as a stunt double for five (5) Academy winners, Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Caine and Art Carney. BJ's two world records are still standing to date: 1) a high fall from a helicopter into the ocean from the height of 180 feet, 2) an aerial neck suspension beneath a helicopter at 70 mph, at 1,000 feet for a period of 20 minutes of a helicopter flight from Universal Studios to the Santa Monica Pier. BJ Davis directed Brandon Lee, the son of martial artist, the incomparable Bruce Lee, in his first feature film, which catapulted Brandon into the spotlight. BJ worked as a Stunt Coordinator and Second Unit Director with box office legends like Brian DePalma, Clint Eastwood, John McTiernan and Oliver Stone. BJ has made numerous appearances in Star Trek films, including Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) as the scripted character Yeoman Burke along with the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) television series for years. Paramount Pictures created a line of merchandise and other venues using BJ's likeness as Yeoman Burke. BJ won the role of the futuristic cowboy toy, "Brave Star" for Mattel Toys. BJ & Julia Davis fulfilled his longtime dream of saluting America's heroes, Medal of Honor recipients by creating the television series Medal of Honor (2000), hosted by Academy nominee Burt Reynolds in the ongoing series Medal of Honor: History of Heroes (2012) in association with the Medal Of Honor Society and former MOH President, Paul Bucha. Reality TV began when film and television star Charlie Sheen and BJ Davis collaborated in creating and Co-Hosted the first program of its kind, How to Become a Hollywood Stuntman (1991), 'How To Become A Hollywood Stuntman." BJ Davis took an active position in the affairs of the Screen Actors Guild, when he served as secretary to Charlton Heston and Robert Conrad. Davis' guild efforts successfully prodded the Screen Actors Guild to provide contractual representation for stunt coordinators and stopped the classification system of stunt players by SAG that would have denied women and minorities the right to work and career advancement. BJ founded the National League of SAG Stunt Performers and served as a former SAG Safety Representative and Legal Expert. BJ served as Stunt Coordinator at the Pasadena Playhouse. BJ has served as an elected president of the civic/community/ public service organization, The Jaycees, Wounded Warriors Chapter, and continues works in support of charitable organizations, such as the City of Hope, Therapeutic Living Center for the Blind (sponsored by the Conrad Hilton Foundation), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Humane Society. BJ is a human and civil rights advocate dedicated to exposing corruption globally. His wife is a former Department of Homeland Security, Acting Supervisor, serving as a National Security/Counter-Terrorism/Immigration Expert. As human rights activists reporting fraud, waste, government and judicial corruption, retaliation, publicly combating organized crime elements after being targeted by the Department of Homeland Security, CBP, ICE, IRS and others for Julia's protected disclosures reporting a national security breach on July 4, 2004, at the US/Mexico border at San Ysidro, CA. BJ served as Youth Minister for the Bethany Foursquare Church in North Hollywood, CA serving with Pastor Hal Rapp after attending Rhema Bible College in Johannesburg, South Africa. BJ Davis is the former President of Fleur De Lis Film Studios, a full-service international production and distribution company for feature films, TV series, videos and documentaries.