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Academy Awards, USA. 1996 Nominee Oscar. Best Director. Leaving Las Vegas. 1996 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published. Leaving Las Vegas.
- February 28, 1948
Years active. 1984–present. Children. 2. 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 .
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'. He qualified in Newcastle as a music teacher and played in a band, 'The Gasboard' with Brian Ferry before ...
- January 1, 1
- 1.84 m
- Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK
- Director, Writer, Composer
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'. He qualified in Newcastle as a music teacher and played in a band, 'The Gasboard' with Brian Ferry before going to London to study music for 3 years and...
- February 28, 1948
He formed his own theater company, The Mike Figgis Group, and began creating multimedia productions which included an extensive use of film. ... Slow Fade, and Animals of the City, won awards for ...
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Highlights. Figgis describes working with Nicolas Cage on crafting his Oscar-winning performance of an alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas. Figgis highlights the discovery process in shooting Timecode, and coordinating 4 simultaneous cameras on screen for the entire film. Figgis shows off the "Fig Rig" camera stabilization system he helped develop ...
Apr 28, 2000 · April 28, 2000 2:00 am. INTERVIEW: Mike Figgis, Our New Digital God -- How He Did It and Why. by Anthony Kaufman. (indieWIRE/4.28.2000) — “It’s time to move forward,” says a character in ...