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
- 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