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Figgis was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, and grew up in Nairobi, Kenya until he was eight. The rest of his childhood was spent in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he was educated at Kenton Comprehensive School (the musicians Ian Carr and John Walters were among his teachers there).
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'.
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 ...
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.
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.
