Mick Davis (director)
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Mick Davis | |
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| Born | 1 August 1961 Glasgow |
| Nationality | Scottish/American |
| Occupation(s) | Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Theater Director and Novelist |
| Years active | 1992- Present |
Michael Davis[1][2][3] (born 1 August 1961)[4] is a Scottish/American film director, screenwriter, producer, theater director and novelist.
Born in Glasgow and raised in the notorious Gorbals, Davis was bedridden with asthma during his childhood. After outgrowing the condition, he worked as a fitness coach for his childhood football team Celtic F.C. where he befriended the singer Rod Stewart, an ardent supporter of Celtic. When Davis moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in filmmaking, Stewart introduced him to contacts in showbusiness, helping to launch his career[5].
Career[edit]
Davis' first major credit was as screenwriter on Love in Paris[6] (also known as Another 9½ Weeks, a sequel to 9½ Weeks).
He then wrote a screenplay titled Paganini,[7][8] about the 18th Century virtuoso. The screenplay received significant attention, leading to his signing with Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Actor Mickey Rourke hired Davis to work on a script and they developed a close friendship, collaborating on several projects over the next decade, including the sequel to 9½ Weeks. During this period, Davis began developing a script about the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani[9] with Al Pacino, which marked his growing interest in directing.
Davis's first writer-director project was the romantic comedy The Match[10] starring Pierce Brosnan, Tom Sizemore, Richard E. Grant and Sir Ian Holm.
His success in film opened opportunities in television, leading to his creation and writing of the American CBS/Warner Bros show Eleventh Hour, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Productions and starring Rufus Sewell.
Davis went on to write and direct Modigliani, a biographical film about the artist Modigliani, starring Andy Garcia. He also wrote the cult supernatural film The Invisible, initially for a Swedish film company and later for Spyglass/Disney.
In 2013, Davis wrote, produced and directed a short film, Haunting Charles Manson, and the next year, a feature-length version of the same film.
He later adapted his original Paganini screenplay into a stage play, which he directed for the Metropolis Theate in Bucharest. The play was a significant success, running for three years.
More recently, Davis directed the comedy My Dad’s Christmas Date, starring Jeremey Piven and Joely Richardson, as well as Father Christmas Is Back, featuring John Cleese and Kelsey Grammer. His latest work includes the horror film Walden, starring Emile Hirsch, which he wrote and directed. He also directed the comedy Trust In Love, which has won 30 film festivals worldwide and is set to be released in the summer of 2024.
In addition to his film work, Davis has completed a biography of legendary music producer Jack Douglas, titled Am I a Beatle? He is also set to direct a thriller called Due Process, set in Mississippi, followed by The Sculptor, a film about the last days of Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi, starring Andy Garcia. Davis is returning to television with a supernatural thriller series, Bathory, to be shot in Toronto.
Davis credits Mickey Rourke for giving him his first break and the late, iconic Irish actor Richard Harris for being his mentor.
He Currenly lives lives in Los Angeles.
References[edit]
- ^ "Mick Davis | Producer, Writer, Director". IMDb. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ Kevin (21 November 2023). "Exclusive Interview: Writer-Director Mick Davis Talks 'Walden,' Working With Emile Hirsch, and More". Pop-Culturalist.com. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Mick Davis News, Rumors and Information - Bleeding Cool News Page 1". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "BFI Films, TV, People". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ Jury, Louise (17 May 2004). "Scottish director puts Modigliani on big screen". The Independent. Retrieved 1 July 2014.[dead link]
- ^ Goursaud, Anne (7 January 1998), Love in Paris (Drama, Romance), Mickey Rourke, Agathe de La Fontaine, Angie Everhart, Jones Film, M6 Films, NTTS Productions Ltd., retrieved 4 May 2024
- ^ admin (16 December 2015). "Povestea marelui violonist Paganini, pe scena Teatrului Metropolis - Ziarul Metropolis". Ziarul Metropolis (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ PAGANINI / TOMESCU. Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Davis, Mick (29 September 2004), Modigliani (Biography, Drama), Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili, Lucky 7 Productions LLC, Media Pro Pictures, Alicéléo, retrieved 4 May 2024
- ^ Allon, Yoram (2001). Contemporary British and Irish film directors : a wallflower critical guide. London: Wallflower. ISBN 1903364213.
External links[edit]
- Mick Davis at IMDb
- Mick Davis in Pop-culturalist.com
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