Mick Davis (director)
| Mick Davis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michael Davis 1 August 1961 Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Occupation | Director, producer, screenwriter |
Michael "Mick" Davis (born 1 August 1961) is a Scottish film director, producer and screenwriter.
Born in Glasgow and raised in the Gorbals, Davis was bed-ridden with asthma during his childhood. When he outgrew the condition, he worked as a fitness coach for the 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 begin a career in screenwriting, Stewart introduced him to people in showbusiness to give his career a start.[1]
Davis' first major credit was as screenwriter on Love in Paris (also called Another 9½ Weeks, a sequel to 9½ Weeks). In 1999, he made his directorial debut with The Match, a football-themed romantic comedy filmed in Scotland.[2] In 2004, he directed Modigliani, a biography of the artist Amedeo Modigliani.[1] 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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jury, Louise (17 May 2004). "Scottish director puts Modigliani on big screen". The Independent. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ Allon, Yoram (2001). Contemporary British and Irish film directors : a wallflower critical guide. London: Wallflower. ISBN 1903364213.