Mick Davis | |
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| Born | 1 August 1961 Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Nationality | Scottish/American |
| Occupation | Film director •screenwriter •producer •theatre director •novelist |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Michael Davis (born 1 August 1961) [1] is a Scottish/American film director, screenwriter, producer, theater director and novelist. [2] [3] [4]
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]
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]
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