Leigh Davenport

Writer. Director. Creator.

Leigh Davenport is a west coast-based writer and director.

Davenport wrote the screenplay for Netlfix’s “The Perfect Find” starring Gabrielle Union and Keith Powers. She also wrote the screenplay for Lifetime’s highest-rated original film, “Wendy Williams: The Movie.”

She is the creator of the critically acclaimed series, "Run The World" on Starz, loosely based on her post-collegiate life as an ambitious twenty-something in Harlem, New York.

Davenport is the former Editorial Director of HelloBeautiful.com. She began her career working in New York City in unscripted production at BET, TV ONE, and VH1. She is proud to have written for the Black Girls Rock! Awards in its inaugural seasons.

Davenport is a native of Chicago, Illinois, and a proud graduate of Spelman College. She is a mom of two darling daughters and lives in a mountain valley in Southern Oregon.

She may or may not be on social media depending on when you ask. If she is, her handle is @leighdav. ;-)