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Mike Figgis

Directing · Born 1948-02-28 · Cumberland, England, UK

Biography

Michael Figgis (born 28 February 1948) is an English film director, screenwriter, and composer. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995). Figgis was the founding patron of the independent filmmakers' online community Shooting People.

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Filmography

2025MegadocSelf
2024MegalopolisThanks
2020Somebody Up There Likes MeDirector
2016LeopardHomeless Busker
2015Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...Self
2015MLEDealer
2014The AffairDirector
2012Suspension of DisbeliefDirector
2011Sweet NothingsDirector
2010The Co(te)lette FilmDirector
201042 One Dream RushDirector
2009KimjongiliaExecutive Producer
2008Sleep FuriouslyExecutive Producer
2008Love Live LongDirector
2008Canterbury's LawDirector
2007The Four Dreams of Miss XDirector
2007The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. AlonzoSelf
2004Co/MaDirector
2003Red, White and BluesDirector
2003The BluesDirector
2003Cold Creek ManorProducer
2002The Battle of OrgreaveDirector
2002Ten Minutes Older: The CelloDirector
2002About Time 2Director
2001HotelDirector
2000TimecodeDirector
2000Altman on His Own TermsSelf
2000One Morning All Over the WorldDirector
1999Miss JulieDirector
1999The Loss of Sexual InnocenceDirector
1999The SopranosDirector
1997One Night StandHotel Clerk
1996FoxfireExecutive Producer
1995William Forsythe and the Frankfurt Ballet: Just Dancing Around?Director
1995Leaving Las VegasMobster 1
1994The Browning VersionDirector
1993Mr. JonesDirector
1991LiebestraumDirector
1991Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No RulesWriter
1991MaraDirector
1990Pictures of EuropeSelf
1990Internal AffairsHollander
1988Stormy MondayDirector
1984The HouseOriginal Music Composer
1953The OscarsSelf
—Mother TongueDirector

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