Paul Davidson

Executive Vice President, IDW Entertainment

Paul Davidson is an Entertainment executive who has over twenty years working in Film and TV development, production, acquisition, distribution and marketing. Most recently, Davidson led The Orchard’s film and TV division, growing the company into a robust independent film distribution company. Under his leadership, The Orchard netted multiple Oscar nominations (Life, Animated and Cartel Land) along with Golden Globe and Indie Spirit nominations for films like Neruda, American Animals, We the Animals, Donald Cried and more. Prior to The Orchard, Paul a Director of Microsoft’s global digital entertainment service — Xbox Video.  He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in Film from University of California at Irvine.