Michael Davis[1] (born 1 August 1961)[2] is a Scottish/American film director, screenwriter, producer, theater director and novelist.
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| Born | 1 August 1961 Glasgow |
| Nationality | Scottish/American |
| Occupation(s) | Film Director, Ccreenwriter, Producer, Theater Director and Novelist |
| Years active | 1992- Present |
Born in Glasgow and raised in the notorious Gorbals, Davis was bed-ridden with asthma during his childhood. When he outgrew the condition, he worked as a fitness coach for his childhood football team Celtic F.C. where he met and befriended the singer Rod Stewart, an ardent supporter of Celtic. When Davis moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of making movies, Stewart introduced him to people in showbusiness, which gave his career a beginning.[3]
Career edit
Davis' first major credit was as screenwriter on Love in Paris[4] (also called Another 9½ Weeks, a sequel to 9½ Weeks).
Davis then wrote a screenplay titled Paganini[5][6], about the 18th Century virtuoso, the screenplay drew so much positive attention, it was shopped around and eventually CAA signed him. The legendary actor Mickey Rourke hired Davis to work on a script and they soon became best friends, sharing a love for motorcycles and movies, eventually working together for ten years, making several movies along the way, including the sequel to 9½ Weeks. By now Davis had started developing a script on the life of the Italian painter Modigliani[7] with Al Pacino, but was, by now, keen to try directing.
His first writer/director job, was a romantic comedy called The Match[8] starring Pierce Brosnan, Tom Sizemore, Richard E. Grant and Sir Ian Holm. By now Davis had garnered enough attention to allow him the opportunity to try his hand in television. He was approached by Jerry Bruckheimer Productions, for whom he created and wrote the American CBS/Warner Bros show, Eleventh Hour, based on a UK 4 part series. Davis’s show starred Rufus Sewell.
Davis went on to write and direct Modigliani, a biography of the artist Amedeo Modigliani[3], starring Andy Garcia. He then wrote the cult supernatural classic, The Invisible[9], originally for a Swedish Film Company, then 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.
Keen to pursue new directions Davis took his original Paganini screenplay, turned it into a stage play and directed it for the Metropolis Theater in Bucharest, where it was a huge success and ran for three years. Since then Davis has directed Jeremey Piven and Joely Richardson in the hit comedy My Dad’s Christmas Date. John Cleese and Kelsey Grammer in Father Christmas Is Back and most recently, Emile Hirsch in the critically acclaimed horror, Walden, which he wrote and directed. He then went on to direct the heartfelt comedy Trust In Love, which has won 30 film festivals across the world, so far, and will be released summer of 2024.
In between Davis has just completed the biography of legendary music producer Jack Douglas, who, as well as prodsucing everyone from Bob Dylan to Aerosmith, also produced John Lennon’s last album, Double Fantasy. The biography is titled, Am I a Beatle? Davis is about to direct a thriller called Due Process, set in the Missississippi, after which he will direct, from his screenplay, The Sculptor (the story of the last few days of Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi), starring his friend and regular collaborator Andy Garcia. Davis is also heading back into television with a supernatural thriller show, to be shot in Toronto, titled, Bathory.
Davis credits Mickey Rourke for giving him his first break and the late, iconic Irish actor Richard Harris for being his mentor.
Davis lives in Los Angeles.
References edit
- ^ "Mick Davis | Producer, Writer, Director". IMDb. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "BFI Films, TV, People". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Goyer, David S. (27 April 2007), The Invisible (Crime, Drama, Fantasy), Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden, Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Birnbaum / Barber Productions, retrieved 4 May 2024
External links edit
- Mick Davis at IMDb
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