John A.Davis directed Jimmy Neutron - Ragazzo prodigio (2001), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Film. After studying film production, he founded DNA Production, an all-animation studio, with Keith Alcorn in 1987. With Ant Bully, based on John Nickle's novel of the same name, Davis captured mass audiences thanks to the voices by Meryl Streep, Nicolas Cage and Julia Roberts in the original version.
