Terence Davies
Terence Davies (born 10 November 1945) is an English screenwriter and film director.
Terence Davies | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 November 1945 Kensington, Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, film director |
| Website | terencedavies |
He was born into an English working-class family in Liverpool, England. After years of low-level jobs he began studies at Coventry School of Drama in 1971 and later at the National Film School. He wrote a screenplay for his first short film, Children. This would be the first of three short films that are known as The Terence Davies Trilogy.[1]
He is best known as the writer and director of films based on his own life, including Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992) and Of Time and the City (2008). He has made films based on novels, such as The House of Mirth (2000) and The Neon Bible (1995). His films A Quiet Passion (2016) and Benediction (2021) are based on the lives of poets Emily Dickinson and Siegfried Sassoon.[2][3]
Films
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Children | short |
| 1980 | Madonna and Child | short |
| 1983 | Death and Transfiguration | short |
| 1988 | Distant Voices, Still Lives | |
| 1992 | The Long Day Closes | |
| 1995 | The Neon Bible | |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth | |
| 2008 | Of Time and the City | documentary |
| 2011 | The Deep Blue Sea | |
| 2015 | Sunset Song | |
| 2016 | A Quiet Passion | |
| 2021 | Benediction | |
References
- "BFI Screenonline: Davies, Terence (1945-) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- Ellis, Jim (2002). "Davies, Terence (b. 1945)" (PDF). GLBTQ Archive. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Terence Davies - Official Website". Terence Davies. Retrieved 2 February 2023.