- Sheri is one of the most prestigious film industry facilitators in California and served as the Director of the Inland Empire Film Commission from 1993 to 2015. But her work to bring film crews to the Inland Empire actually started in the late 1980s when, while working at the Big Bear Lake Chamber of Commerce, she played a major part in establishing the Big Bear Lake Film Office, the oldest film service provider in the Inland region.
Sheri working with the Inland Empire Economic Council during the inception of the San Bernardino County Film Commission: SBCFC and with the Inland Empire Economic Partnership when Riverside County was added to the mix. This led to the SBCFC evolving into the Inland Empire Film Commission: IEFC in 1993. Sheri took over leadership of that organization and never looked back.
Over the next 20-plus years she spearheaded the organization's efforts, which resulted in an average of more than $80 million in economic impact a year. Under Sheri's leadership, the IEFC was the first regional film commission to sign MOUs with both the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service, which streamlined the permitting process down from three weeks to three days.
Sheri is also one of the leaders of her industry statewide. She started the California Only Trade Show, an effort to display the state's film service's benefits and halt some of the "runaway production" that was costing the state and its communities money. That trade show highlighted how California locations can be used to portray places all over the world. She is a co-founder of the annual California On Location Awards, which for over 25 years has been recognized as an event that celebrates filming and honors the people in the locations' communities who help make it happen. Sheri is also one of the founders of Film Liaisons in California Statewide - FLICS , 41 regional film offices that works to keep film crews filming in the State of California.
Sheri Davis received the LMGI Trailblazer Award for her vision of focusing long-overdue attention to the world of film and TV Location Professionals, who play a vital role in the production industry. While championing this cause, Davis was primarily responsible for the creation of the California On-Location Awards: COLA that annually honors Location Professionals for their work in print, commercials, television and features in the state of California. She continues her tireless efforts to promote filming in California.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Rajan Shandil
- Sheri received the LMGI Trailblazer Award. The Trailblazer Award celebrates someone who has been a leader in his or her field and furthers the recognition of the Location Professional in motion picture and television production.
- Sheri is a co-founder of the annual California On Location Awards.
- Sheri is one of the founders of Film Liaisons in California Statewide.
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