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Michael "Mike" Figgis (born 28 February 1948) is an English film director, screenwriter, and composer.
Figgis was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, and grew up in Nairobi, Kenya until he was eight. The rest of his childhood was spent in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Figgis's early interest was in music and he played keyboards for Bryan Ferry's first band. In 1983 he directed a theatre play, produced in Theatre Gerard-Philipe (Saint-Denis, Paris, France). This play performed with great success at Festival de Grenada and in Theater der Welt (Munich, Germany).
After working in theatre (he was a musician and performer in the experimental group People Show) he made his feature film debut with the low budget Stormy Monday in 1988. The film earned him attention as a director who could get interesting performances from established Hollywood actors. He initially made a splash in America in the 1990s with the gritty thriller Internal Affairs that helped to revive the career of Richard Gere. His next Hollywood feature, Mr. Jones, was misunderstood by the studio, who attempted to market the downbeat story as a feelgood movie, resulting in a box office flop. Figgis poured his disenchantment with the film industry into Leaving Las Vegas, creating star turns for Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue, which earned Figgis Academy Award nominations for Best Directing and Best Screenplay. He followed this up with the romantic drama One Night Stand, starring Wesley Snipes and Nastassja Kinski, but the movie received a poor response from critics and was a commercial failure. His most ambitious film to date is the low-budget film The Loss of Sexual Innocence, a loosely based autobiographical movie of the director himself.
Interview Mike Figgis
Mike Figgis - Mara (Leaving Las Vegas Soundtrack)
Mike Figgis, Tango
Mike Figgis - Comfort of Strangers (Instrumental)
Mike Figgis - Burlesque - Leaving Las Vegas
Mike Figgis on Godard
Mike Figgis, Film Making Masterclass, a BBC Knowledge Documentary, 2000
Mike Figgis - Reunited (Leaving Las Vegas Soundtrack)
TRIBECA TALKS: MIKE FIGGIS - BEYOND DIGITAL
Mike Figgis - Tango [music video + full song]
Actors: Mike Figgis (actor), Joe Swanberg (actor), Garnet Mae (actor), Simon Brandon (actor), Howard Corlett (actor), Sophie Linfield (actress), Jonathan Sidgwick (actor), Sartaj Garewal (actor), Huck Melnick (producer), Huck Melnick (actor), Isy Oliver (editor), Isy Oliver (producer), Isy Oliver (writer), Isy Oliver (director), Nik Turner (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Mike Figgis is one of the best known experimental filmmakers. Festival TV Munich talks to him about his new film - and about second screens and split attention ...
YouTube blocked my last attempt. I had a montage video to go with the song. Fuck it anyway.
Mike Figgis speaking brilliantly about Jean-Luc Godard for an early DVD of 'Weekend'.
Directed by Jesse Ash: A world-class director, writer, and composer, Mike Figgis believes that cinema is today's best storytelling medium, and his constant evolution in digital filmmaking challenges the way we experience those stories.
Finally a new music video after a two-year break! Its a beautiful song and one of my most favourites ever. I hope you like it. Please subscribe, rate and share it with your friends. Cheers! Soundtrack of The Loss of Sexual Innocence. Clips from the movie Antichrist directed by Lars Von Trier starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg. All rights are to the respective authors, movie, song, etc! This video is for promotion (and entertainment) purposes only. Music: Artist: Mike Figgis Song: Tango Album: Figgis on Figgis Buy the song from here: http://www.amazon.com/Tango/dp/B002OLGVBA
The Final of the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra conducted by Brian Wright. A short film made by Oscar Nominated Director Mike Figgis, from the 2015 Competition. Subscribe to the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition Youtube Channel for short films from the 2015 competition. Subscribe here- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSXB... The 2015 competition ran from February 28th to March 7th in Hastings, East Sussex, and saw young pianists from 30 different countries compete across four stages, culminating in a thrilling final with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Stage One took place over the first three days (28th Feb, 1st and 2nd March). Contestants gave a 25 minute performance from the 2015 Concerto L...
The Semi-final recitals of the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, a short film, made by Oscar Nominated Director Mike Figgis, from the 2015 Competition. Subscribe to the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition Youtube Channel for short films from the 2015 competition throughout the week. Subscribe here- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSXB... The 2015 competition ran from February 28th to March 7th in Hastings, East Sussex, and saw young pianists from 30 different countries compete across four stages, culminating in a thrilling final with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Stage One took place over the first three days (28th Feb, 1st and 2nd March). Contestants gave a 25 minute performance from the 2015 Concerto List. Stage 2 took place on Wednesday...
Day Two at the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, a short film, made by Oscar Nominated Director Mike Figgis, from the 2015 Competition. Subscribe to the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition Youtube Channel for short films from the 2015 competition throughout the week. Subscribe here- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSXB... The 2015 competition ran from February 28th to March 7th in Hastings, East Sussex, and saw young pianists from 30 different countries compete across four stages, culminating in a thrilling final with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Stage One took place over the first three days (28th Feb, 1st and 2nd March). Contestants gave a 25 minute performance from the 2015 Concerto List. Stage 2 took place on Wednesday 4th March, and ...
The first short film, made by Oscar Nominated Director Mike Figgis, from the 2015 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition. Subscribe to the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition Youtube Channel for short films from the 2015 competition throughout the week. Subscribe here- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSXB... The 2015 competition ran from February 28th to March 7th in Hastings, East Sussex, and saw young pianists from 30 different countries compete across four stages, culminating in a thrilling final with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Stage One took place over the first three days (28th Feb, 1st and 2nd March). Contestants gave a 25 minute performance from the 2015 Concerto List. Stage 2 took place on Wednesday 4th March, and was a Beethoven and ...
Stage Two at the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, a short film, made by Oscar Nominated Director Mike Figgis, from the 2015 Competition. Subscribe to the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition Youtube Channel for short films from the 2015 competition throughout the week. Subscribe here- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSXB... The 2015 competition ran from February 28th to March 7th in Hastings, East Sussex, and saw young pianists from 30 different countries compete across four stages, culminating in a thrilling final with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Stage One took place over the first three days (28th Feb, 1st and 2nd March). Contestants gave a 25 minute performance from the 2015 Concerto List. Stage 2 took place on Wednesday 4th March, a...
Day One at the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, a short film, made by Oscar Nominated Director Mike Figgis, from the 2015 Competition. Subscribe to the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition Youtube Channel for short films from the 2015 competition throughout the week. Subscribe here- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSXB... The 2015 competition ran from February 28th to March 7th in Hastings, East Sussex, and saw young pianists from 30 different countries compete across four stages, culminating in a thrilling final with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Stage One took place over the first three days (28th Feb, 1st and 2nd March). Contestants gave a 25 minute performance from the 2015 Concerto List. Stage 2 took place on Wednesday 4th March, and ...
Day Three at the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, a short film, made by Oscar Nominated Director Mike Figgis, from the 2015 Competition. Subscribe to the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition Youtube Channel for short films from the 2015 competition throughout the week. Subscribe here- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSXB... The 2015 competition ran from February 28th to March 7th in Hastings, East Sussex, and saw young pianists from 30 different countries compete across four stages, culminating in a thrilling final with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Stage One took place over the first three days (28th Feb, 1st and 2nd March). Contestants gave a 25 minute performance from the 2015 Concerto List. Stage 2 took place on Wednesday 4th March, an...
http://www.egs.edu/ Mike Figgis, English film director, writer, composer, and filmmaker, lecturing about the movie Time Code, a choreographic approach of filmmaking, experimental character, a narrative without editing, the language of film, notation system, guidance, punctuation, directing, filming, acting, story, synopsis, scripts, plots, cuts, frames, cutting, improvisation, technology, mainstream, playing the trumpet, and participating in a questions and answers session. Free public open video lecture with students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS, Media and Communication Studies department program, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Europe, Mike Figgis 2008 Mike Figgis was born February 28, 1948 in Carlisle, England and grew up in Africa. Figgis for several years had a relationship...
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so the other day i got to meet Oscar nominated director Mike Figgis (The Sopranos, The 4 Dreams of Miss X, 42 One Dream Rush and Leaving Las Vegas) with a group i'm apart of and this is what happen got to tell you this man is amazing here part 1
so the other day i got to meet Oscar nominated director Mike Figgis (The Sopranos, The 4 Dreams of Miss X, 42 One Dream Rush and Leaving Las Vegas) with a group i'm apart of and this is what happen got to tell you this man is amazing here part 2 sadly my camera ran out of power so sorry about the end
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Boogie Nights interview from 1998. As part of Hollywood Conversations series for Film Four conducted by Mike Figgis. https://vimeo.com/31744725 https://vimeo.com/user8994878
A documentary by Mike Figgis about Jeremy Deller's reenactment of the Battle of Orgreave, a crucial set-piece confrontation that took place during the Great Miners' Strike of 1984-5. "I believe the '84-'85 struggle isn't a closed book, that even though the mines or the miners have depreciated in number they're still here doing different professions or, whatever, different jobs, and the working class are still here. Like I say, this kind of confrontation will rise again in the near future."
Figgis discusses casting choices he's made and casting decisions handed to him, as well as the benefits of using actors at their lowest ebb when cost may be low, but energy will be high. From an interview with Darrell Buxton at QUAD in Derby. Shot on my new phone - apologies for quality!
Last week we introduced you to some of the artists in town for the recent Liberatum festival. Among them was a film director who has worked with Richard Gere, Nicholas Cage, Andy Garcia, and Salma Hayek. He's also a keen jazz musician who has played with Bryan Ferry and composed music for his own films. His critically acclaimed 1995 film "Leaving Las Vegas" earned many awards, but lately he's turned further and further away from big Hollywood movies to embrace more independent projects, new technology ... and photography.
Mike Figgis in an interview with Darrell Buxton. Figgis discusses the process of directing Timecode, a film shot in one continuous take using four cameras - all of which are on screen at all times. From an interview with Darrell Buxton at QUAD in Derby. Apologies for mobile phone quality!
Aus der Reihe Spotlight auf dem FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2013: SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF. Regisseur Mike Figgis im Gespräch.
http://www.hollywood.com 'Cold Creek Manor' Interview Mike Figgis, Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Kristen Stewart, and Juliette Lewis discuss 'Cold Creek Manor'. For more celebrity interviews, movie trailers, and entertainment news visit Hollywood.com!
Paul Thomas Anderson interviewed by Mike Figgis as part of the Hollywood Conversations series for Film Four. 1998.
Mike Figgis talks about hi history of acting and how it informs the way he works with actors now. Known as 'an actor's director', Figgis is famed for getting career defining performances from his star cast. From an interview with Darrell Buxton at QUAD in Derby. Shot on my new phone - apologies for quality!
'Leaving Las Vegas' Mike-Figgis continues his love affair with dance on film with his portrait of former Central School of Dance pupil, Emily Grieshaber. Shot in the dark using an infra-red camera the moment isn't visible to the eye or normal cameras, creating an intimacy between subject and performer. WATCH: http://randomacts.channel4.com/ FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/C4RandomActs LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/C4RandomActs/ SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/RandomActsC4
Leaving Las Vegas 1995 Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic '' http://bit.ly/1R1YGrW '''' Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Just another song I was having trouble finding on here.
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As a patron of London’s Central School of Ballet, Mike Figgis turns to classical pianist and long-time collaborator Rosey Chan to improvise a left-handed soundtrack. Read the full feature on NOWNESS: ___ Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nowness Like NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nowness Daily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Curated stories on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/tumblr-nowness Inspiration on Pinterest: http://bit.ly/pinterest-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Google+: http://bit.ly/google-nowness