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Mike Figgis
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score), Cinematographer Born: February 28, 1948 in Kenya Biography:Born in England and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, director "Mike Figgis" studied music in London, where he helped form a rhythm and blues group called the Gas Board that included amongst its members a young Bryan Ferry. Figgis' roots as a musician would later be made readily apparent in his screen work, as he has scored several of his films. Following his tenure with the Gas Board, he went on to work with an experimental British comedy/variety group known as The People Show. After being turned down by the National Film School, Figgis bankrolled his own 60-minute TV movie, The House (1976), gaining an entree into mainstream filmmaking.
In 1988, Figgis made his feature directorial and screenwriting debut with "Stormy Monday". A moody character study set against the backdrop of the jazz and crime worlds, it received a moderately strong reception. Earning probably his greatest recognition for his... Full Biography
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