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Mick Davis (director)

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Mick Davis
Born (1961-08-01) 1 August 1961 (age 63)
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
NationalityScottish/American
OccupationFilm director • screenwriter • producer • theatre director • novelist
Years active1992–present

Michael Davis (born 1 August 1961)[1] is a Scottish/American film director, screenwriter, producer, theater director and novelist.[2][3][4]

Early life

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Born in Glasgow and raised in the 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

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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 attached to play Modigliani and Martin Scorsese considering directing, although Davis would eventually write and direct Modigliani himself in 2004, with Andy García in the title role.[10]

Davis's first writer-director project was the romantic comedy The Match,[11] produced by Pierce Brosnan's Irish DreamTime, and starring Tom Sizemore, Richard E. Grant and Ian Holm.[12]

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.[13] He also wrote the supernatural film The Invisible,[14] initially for a Swedish film company and later for Spyglass/Disney.[15]

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.[16]

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.[17]

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 recent work includes the horror film Walden, starring Emile Hirsch, which he wrote and directed.[18] He also directed the comedy Trust In Love, which has won awards at multiple film festivals worldwide and is set to be released in 2024.[19]

Davis credits Mickey Rourke for giving him his first break and Irish actor Richard Harris for being his mentor.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "BFI Films, TV, People". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Mick Davis | Producer, Writer, Director". IMDb. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Mick Davis News, Rumors and Information - Bleeding Cool News Page 1". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  5. ^ Jury, Louise (17 May 2004). "Scottish director puts Modigliani on big screen". The Independent. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ admin (16 December 2015). "Povestea marelui violonist Paganini, pe scena Teatrului Metropolis - Ziarul Metropolis". Ziarul Metropolis (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  8. ^ PAGANINI / TOMESCU. Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  9. ^ 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
  10. ^ "The Strange Story Behind the Modigliani Movie (and Al Pacino's Doomed Attempt to Get it Made)". Esquire. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  11. ^ Allon, Yoram (2001). Contemporary British and Irish film directors : a wallflower critical guide. London: Wallflower. ISBN 1903364213.
  12. ^ Elley, Derek (9 August 1999). "The Match". Variety. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  13. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (19 September 2007). "CBS, Bruckheimer meet in 'Eleventh Hour'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  14. ^ Debruge, Peter (28 April 2007). "The Invisible". Variety. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Disney Gets Invisible with Blade Trinity Director". Animation World Network. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  16. ^ Wright, William J. (9 September 2021). "Every Actor Who Has Played Charles Manson In A Movie". Grunge. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  17. ^ a b "INTERVIU - Mick Davis: I-am invitat pe Andy Garcia şi Al Pacino la premiera spectacolului "Paganini" de la Teatrul Metropolis". Mediafax (in Romanian). 22 January 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  18. ^ Henderson, Jason (14 November 2023). "Walden is a Bloody Deep Character Study of a Vigilante". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  19. ^ Luissi, Emmanuel (1 January 2024). "Mick Davis and Malibu local Jim Petulla create film: 'Trust In Love'". Malibu Times. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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