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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 . Early life.
Mike Figgis is a British director, writer, composer and actor who has made films such as Leaving Las Vegas, Stormy Monday and Timecode. He has been nominated for two Oscars and won nine awards for his multimedia and cinematic works.
- January 1, 1
- 1.84 m
- Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK
- Director, Writer, Composer
Learn about the life and career of Mike Figgis, a British director, writer and composer who made films such as Stormy Monday, Leaving Las Vegas and Timecode. Find out his family, awards, trivia and quotes on IMDb.
- February 28, 1948
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, 2000 · The director of "Time Code" reveals how he wrote, shot and released a film with four parallel stories and no edits in 2000. He also discusses his use of musical sheets, Sony's involvement, and the digital future of cinema.
- Indiewire
Nov 24, 2021 · At his canal-side North London studio, film director, musician, and composer Mike Figgis talks about the universal requirement for a good narrative, the two faces of Hollywood and filming in Hong Kong.
Apr 28, 2000 · After confounding critics and audiences alike with his 1998 experiment “ The Loss of Sexual Innocence ,” Figgis — the director, writer, musician and most of all, it seems, conductor —...