![]() ![]() As a teenager, he started playing trumpet and guitar with various rock and roll bands, one of which was the R&B group Gas Board, featuring British pop star Brian Ferry. He lived there until his family relocated to Newcastle in the north of England when he was eight. ![]() ![]() Although he has been at the helm of such mainstream movies as Internal Affairs with Richard Gere, the British born filmmaker has exhibited his more eclectic personal style in such films as Stormy Monday and Liebestraum.īorn in Carlisle, England, Figgis moved to Nairobi, Kenya as a baby. Figgis has roots in experimental theatre and music, which are just two primary influences that contribute to the creative vision in all of his feature films and documentaries. Mike Figgis welcomes a new century of bold, experimental filmmaking with Time Code, a digital video feature film production featuring four stories running simultaneously in real time, with no editing.įiggis has emerged as a visionary filmmaker who thrives on taking risks. ![]()
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