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Michael Figgis (born 28 February 1948) is an English film director, screenwriter, and composer. [1] He was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work in Leaving Las Vegas (1995). Figgis was the founding patron of the independent filmmakers' online community Shooting People .
Mike Figgis. Director: Leaving Las Vegas. When young he lived with his four brothers and sisters in a council house in Newcastle Upon Tyne then when 14 the family moved to Thornyburn near Bellingham where he made his first film, 'Redheugh'.
Mike Figgis. Director: Leaving Las Vegas. When young he lived with his four brothers and sisters in a council house in Newcastle Upon Tyne then when 14 the family moved to Thornyburn near Bellingham where he made his first film, 'Redheugh'.
May 21, 2024 · Mike Figgis mourns Fred Ross and talks about making the Coppola documentary Megadoc during a conversation at the Cannes Film Festival.
Dec 8, 2021 · Filmmaker Mike Figgis’s polymath reputation is all too clear as soon as you get to know him. As we meet in his split-level North London studio, the sometime-Hollywood director of ’90s hits Leaving Las Vegas and Internal Affairs is painting over his photographic nude art prints with varnish, the gloss adding a film of light on the ...
Apr 28, 2021 · Mike Figgis and Josie Ho are quietly serving up mystery thriller ‘Mother Tongue’ with Hong Kong standing in for Los Angeles.
BOOKS – as well as the DIGITAL FILMMAKING mike is the author of IN THE DARK and HOLLYWOOD CONVERSATIONS and has contributed to many magazines and newspapers on a regular basis. BROADCASTING – Mike is a regular on BBC R4 and also presents an arts film slot for SKY TV.
