character. is a space for storytellers to be seen.
how we got here.
While character. officially launched in 2020, the seeds of the company started a decade earlier on a cross-country road trip. Driving to Los Angeles with wide-eyed dreams and no safety net, Abby Davis made a decision: no matter what, she wouldn't sacrifice her character to be a part of the entertainment industry.
This seemingly insignificant promise soon proved to be her anchor.
The cutthroat landscape of the entertainment industry has never been easy to navigate and is certainly not reflective of what the world truly looks like. For this reality, it is character.'s mission to create space for voices that will go unheard and unseen if not fought for.
Multi Emmy nominated Abby Lynn Kang Davis primarily collaborates with storytellers and curators in the documentary space. Throughout her career Abby has focused on breaking underrepresented voices into the highest levels of the television and film marketplace. Her specialized skill set in identifying viable talent, advocation and mentorship on behalf of unknown storytellers has garnered millions in sales revenue, top tier film festival invitations and award nominations.
Abby began her career at Freestyle Picture Company (FPC) (Tangerine, The Florida Project) where she assisted in the directorial debuts of top female talent such as Jennifer Aniston, Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde, Eva Longoria and Demi Moore. During her time at FPC, Abby also worked in conjunction with brands such as Glamour Magazine and Canon in addition to A&E and Lifetime Television. In 2011, Abby began the next phase of her career at Preferred Content (PC), one of the leading film, television & digital sales, production and advisory companies. While at PC, Abby assembled creative and financial elements for PC’s original documentary features and television series as well as oversaw the worldwide and North American distribution rights for its non-fiction film slate. Over her six year tenure at PC, Abby was responsible for bringing multiple projects to market most notably Blood Brother (Sundance 2013), Rich Hill (Sundance 2014), The Nightmare (Sundance 2015), The Bad Kids (Sundance 2016) and 78/52 (Sundance 2017)) and executive producing Emmy nominated Long Shot (Telluride 2017/Netflix Originals), Emmy winning 306 Hollywood (Sundance 2018/PBS POV), Wrinkles the Clown (Magnolia) and the television docuseries The Devil You Know (Viceland).
Most recently Abby served as Head of Originals and Business Development at Breakwater Studios (BS), one of the first venture backed branded content studios by MWM's Gigi Pritzker and Clint Kisker. Among the several projects she developed and produced while at BS was The New York Times Emmy nominated series Almost Famous (Telluride 2020/Op Docs) and the Oscar nominated A Concerto is a Conversation (Sundance 2021/Op Docs). Abby currently sits on the board of Kartemquin Films, was named a Doc NYC New Leader 2020 in the inaugural cohort and has spoken at an array of institutions including the Sundance Institute, IFP, USC School of Cinematic Arts and Film Independent.
Abby graduated from Western Michigan University near her hometown of Saginaw, Michigan. Four days after graduating, Abby moved across the country to Los Angeles with nothing but naive determination and her 2001 Ford Taurus named Black Shadow (RIP). Ten years, four apartments, three jobs, hundreds of films, countless friends, and a 2018 Honda Civic later, Abby moved back across the country to Chicago to be closer to her family. She currently splits her time between Los Angeles and Chicago. When Abby is not in the studio or at a film festival, you can find her sampling every pizza joint in the greater-Chicago area or playing with her nieces, nephews, and three-legged Pitbull named Nelly.