Clive Davis was a legendary American record executive, A&R executive, record producer and lawyer. He worked for Columbia Records as an attorney, general manager and president. Davis was responsible for the record division of Columbia Pictures, and founded the music labels Arista and J.

Filmography

• 2022Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody — Producer
• 2021The Songpoet
• 2019Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths of All Time
• 2018Whitney — Self - Founder, Arista Records
• Genius — Executive Producer
• 2017On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
• 2017Whitney: Can I Be Me — Self - Chairman and CEO, Arista Records (archive footage)
• 2012Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You — Self, Producer
• 2009Am I Black Enough for You
• 2009Coming Back for More
• Anderson Cooper 360°

Appearances as themselves (28)

• 2026Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart — Self
• 2025Diane Warren: Relentless — Self
• 2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) — Self
• 2022George Michael: Freedom Uncut — Self
• 2022Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song — Self
• 2022Whitney, a Look Back — Self - Whitney's Mentor
• Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? — Self
• 2021Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over — Self
• 2021Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Aretha Franklin Remembered (My Music) — Self
• 2019David Foster: Off the Record — Self
• 2019Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool — Self - Columbia Records President
• 2017Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives — Self
• 2017George Michael: Freedom — Self
• 2016Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago — Self
• Soundbreaking — Self
• 2015Johnny Cash: American Rebel — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2012Always Whitney Houston — Self
• 2003Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised — Himself
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• American Idol — Self
• 2000The Beatles Revolution — Self
• 1998Motown 40: The Music Is Forever — Self
• The Music Biz — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Today — Self