Mike Figgis Biography (1948?-)

Full name Michael Figgis; born February 28, 1948 (some sources cite 1949), inCarlisle, Cumbria, England (some sources cite Nairobi, Kenya); married, wife's name Bienchen (marriage ended); children: Louis Arlen, Louis. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., BeverlyHills, CA 90211-1934.

Gender
Male
Occupation
Director, producer, writer, composer, actor
Birth Details
February 28, 1948?
Carlisle

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Director
  • Stormy Monday, Atlantic, 1988
  • Internal Affairs, American Tobis, 1990
  • Liebestraum, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
  • Mr. Jones, TriStar, 1992
  • The Browning Version, Paramount, 1994
  • Leaving Las Vegas, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
  • (And producer) One Night Stand, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
  • Flamenco Women (documentary), 1997
  • Just Dancing Around (documentary), 1999
  • (And producer) Miss Julie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
  • (And producer) The Loss of Sexual Innocence, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999
  • (And producer and cinematographer) Timecode, Screen Gems, 2000
  • (And producer) Hotel, Moonstone Entertainment, 2001
  • The Battle of Orgreave (documentary), Artangel Media/FilmFour, 2001
  • (And cinematographer) "About Time 2," Ten Minutes Older: The Cello, Road Sales, 2002
  • (And producer) Cold Creek Manor (also known as La maison au fond de la baie), Buena Vista, 2003
  • (And executive producer, cinematographer, and editor) Co/Ma (documentary), Red Mullet/Slovenian Film Fund/Swipe Films, 2004
  • Going Down, 2005
  • Also director of the short film Redheugh.
  • Film Work
  • Other
  • Featured musician, Leaving Las Vegas, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
  • Executive producer, Foxfire, Universal, 1996
  • Executive producer, Agua dulce (short film), Tribesmen Pictures, 2001
  • Film Appearances
  • Nicholas Hollander, Internal Affairs, American Tobis, 1990
  • First mobster, Leaving Las Vegas, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
  • Take a Number, 1996
  • Hotel clerk, One Night Stand, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
  • Himself, The Fig Rig (documentary short film), Muse Film, 2002
  • The Making of "Invasion of the Freedom Snatchers," Behind the Scenes Productions, 2004
  • Himself, Film Trix 2004 (documentary short film), 2004
  • Himself, There Is No Direction (documentary), Temps Noir, 2005
  • Television Director
  • Movies
  • (And producer) The House, Channel 4 (England), 1984
  • "Mara," Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (also knownas The Art of Seduction and Women & Men 2), HBO, 1991
  • Episodic
  • Director of "Cold Cuts," an episode of The Sopranos, HBO.
  • Television Work
  • Miniseries
  • Producer and director, "Red, White, and Blues," The Blues, PBS, 2003
  • Television Appearances
  • Specials
  • The 68th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1996
  • Interviewee, The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money, Bravo, 1999
  • Hollywood Salutes Nicolas Cage: An American Cinematheque Tribute,TNT, 2002
  • Interviewee, "Richard Gene," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2004
  • Episodic
  • Appeared in an episode of Independent View, PBS.
  • Stage Work
  • Director of the performance pieces Animals of the City and SlowFade.
  • RECORDINGS
  • Videos
  • Rules of the Genre, Buena Vista Home Video, 2004
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • (And composer) Stormy Monday, Atlantic, 1988
  • (And composer) Liebestraum, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991, published by Faber & Faber, 1992
  • (And composer) Leaving Las Vegas, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995, published by Faber & Faber, 1996
  • (And composer) One Night Stand, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997, published by Faber & Faber, 1998
  • (And composer) The Loss of Sexual Innocence, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999
  • (And composer) Timecode (also based on story by Figgis), Screen Gems, 2000
  • (And composer) Hotel (also based on story by Figgis), Moonstone Entertainment, 2001
  • The Battle of Orgreave (documentary), Artangel Media/FilmFour, 2001
  • "About Time 2," Ten Minutes Older: The Cello, Road Sales, 2002
  • Going Down, 2005
  • Also writer for the short film Redheugh.
  • Film Composer
  • Internal Affairs, American Tobis, 1990
  • Miss Julie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
  • Cold Creek Manor (also known as La maison au fond de la baie), Buena Vista, 2003
  • Television Movies
  • Writer and Composer
  • The House (based on his stage piece Slow Fade), Channel 4 (England), 1984
  • "Mara," Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (also knownas The Art of Seduction and Women & Men 2), HBO, 1991
  • Stage
  • Writer of the performance pieces Animals of the City and Slow Fade.
  • Books
  • (Editor, with John Boorman and Walter Donohue, and contributor) Projections 10: Hollywood Film-Makers on Film-Making, Faber & Faber, 2000
  • Mike Figgis: Collected Screenplays, Volume 1: Stormy Monday, Liebestraum, Leaving Las Vegas, Faber & Faber, 2002
  • In the Dark, Booth-Clibborn, 2003

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals
    • DGA, July, 2002, pp. 47-48
    • People Weekly, December 1, 1997, p. 31
    • Total Film, January, 1998, pp. 33-34
    • Urban Cinefile, September 13, 2000

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