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==Early life==
==Early life==
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.<ref name=modigliani>{{cite news|last1=Jury|first1=Louise|title=Scottish director puts Modigliani on big screen|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/scottish-director-puts-modigliani-on-big-screen-563685.html|accessdate=20 June 2024|work=The Independent|date=17 May 2004}}</ref>
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.<ref name=modigliani>{{cite news|last1=Jury|first1=Louise|title=Scottish director puts Modigliani on big screen|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/scottish-director-puts-modigliani-on-big-screen-563685.html|accessdate=20 June 2024|work=The Independent|date=17 May 2004}}</ref>
[[File:Mick Davis & Rod Stewart.jpg|alt=Mick Davis and rod Stewart|thumb|295x295px|Mick Davis and Rod Stewart]]


== Career ==
== Career ==
Davis' first major credit was as screenwriter on ''[[Love in Paris]]''<ref>{{Citation |last=Goursaud |first=Anne |title=Love in Paris |date=1998-01-07 |type=Drama, Romance |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119576/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |access-date=2024-05-04 |others=Mickey Rourke, Agathe de La Fontaine, Angie Everhart |publisher=Jones Film, M6 Films, NTTS Productions Ltd.}}</ref> (also known as ''Another 9½ Weeks'', a sequel to ''[[9½ Weeks]]'').
Davis' first major credit was as screenwriter on ''[[Love in Paris]]''<ref>{{Citation |last=Goursaud |first=Anne |title=Love in Paris |date=1998-01-07 |type=Drama, Romance |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119576/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |access-date=2024-05-04 |others=Mickey Rourke, Agathe de La Fontaine, Angie Everhart |publisher=Jones Film, M6 Films, NTTS Productions Ltd.}}</ref> (also known as ''Another 9½ Weeks'', a sequel to ''[[9½ Weeks]]'').
[[File:Mick Davis Director portrait.jpg|thumb]]
He then wrote a screenplay titled ''[[Niccolò Paganini|Paganini]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2015-12-16 |title=Povestea marelui violonist Paganini, pe scena Teatrului Metropolis - Ziarul Metropolis |url=https://www.ziarulmetropolis.ro/povestea-marelui-violonist-paganini-pe-scena-teatrului-metropolis/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Ziarul Metropolis |language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFogr7jEcrI |title=PAGANINI / TOMESCU |language=en |access-date=2024-05-04 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> 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]]<ref>{{Citation |last=Davis |first=Mick |title=Modigliani |date=2004-09-29 |type=Biography, Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367188/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_q_modigliani |access-date=2024-05-04 |others=Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili |publisher=Lucky 7 Productions LLC, Media Pro Pictures, Alicéléo}}</ref> with [[Al Pacino]] attached to play Modigliani and [[Martin Scorsese]] considering directing, although Davis would eventually write and direct ''[[Modigliani (film)|Modigliani]]'' himself in 2004, with [[Andy García]] in the title role.<ref name="esquire-modigliani">{{cite news |title=The Strange Story Behind the Modigliani Movie (and Al Pacino’s Doomed Attempt to Get it Made) |url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a29955277/scorsese-al-pacino-modigliani-story/ |access-date=19 June 2024 |work=Esquire |date=15 May 2023}}</ref>
He then wrote a screenplay titled ''[[Niccolò Paganini|Paganini]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2015-12-16 |title=Povestea marelui violonist Paganini, pe scena Teatrului Metropolis - Ziarul Metropolis |url=https://www.ziarulmetropolis.ro/povestea-marelui-violonist-paganini-pe-scena-teatrului-metropolis/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Ziarul Metropolis |language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFogr7jEcrI |title=PAGANINI / TOMESCU |language=en |access-date=2024-05-04 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> 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]]<ref>{{Citation |last=Davis |first=Mick |title=Modigliani |date=2004-09-29 |type=Biography, Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367188/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_q_modigliani |access-date=2024-05-04 |others=Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili |publisher=Lucky 7 Productions LLC, Media Pro Pictures, Alicéléo}}</ref> with [[Al Pacino]] attached to play Modigliani and [[Martin Scorsese]] considering directing, although Davis would eventually write and direct ''[[Modigliani (film)|Modigliani]]'' himself in 2004, with [[Andy García]] in the title role.<ref name="esquire-modigliani">{{cite news |title=The Strange Story Behind the Modigliani Movie (and Al Pacino’s Doomed Attempt to Get it Made) |url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a29955277/scorsese-al-pacino-modigliani-story/ |access-date=19 June 2024 |work=Esquire |date=15 May 2023}}</ref>


Davis's first writer-director project was the romantic comedy ''[[The Match (1999 film)|The Match]]'',<ref name="allon">{{cite book |last1=Allon |first1=Yoram |title=Contemporary British and Irish film directors : a wallflower critical guide |date=2001 |publisher=Wallflower |isbn=1903364213 |location=London}}</ref> produced by [[Pierce Brosnan]]'s [[Irish DreamTime]], and starring [[Tom Sizemore]], [[Richard E. Grant]] and [[Ian Holm]].
Davis's first writer-director project was the romantic comedy ''[[The Match (1999 film)|The Match]]'',<ref name="allon">{{cite book |last1=Allon |first1=Yoram |title=Contemporary British and Irish film directors : a wallflower critical guide |date=2001 |publisher=Wallflower |isbn=1903364213 |location=London}}</ref> produced by [[Pierce Brosnan]]'s [[Irish DreamTime]], and starring [[Tom Sizemore]], [[Richard E. Grant]] and [[Ian Holm]].<ref name="match">{{cite web |last1=Elley |first1=Derek |title=The Match |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/the-match-1200458758/ |website=Variety |access-date=20 June 2024 |date=9 August 1999}}</ref>


His success in film opened opportunities in television, leading to his creation and writing of the American CBS/[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros]] show [[Eleventh Hour (American TV series)|''Eleventh Hour'']], produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Productions and starring [[Rufus Sewell]].<ref name="eleventhhour">{{cite news |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=CBS, Bruckheimer meet in ‘Eleventh Hour’ |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/cbs-bruckheimer-meet-eleventh-hour-150454/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=19 September 2007}}</ref> He also wrote the supernatural film [[The Invisible (2007 film)|''The Invisible'']], initially for a Swedish film company and later for [[Spyglass Media Group|Spyglass]]/[[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]].
His success in film opened opportunities in television, leading to his creation and writing of the American CBS/[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros]] show [[Eleventh Hour (American TV series)|''Eleventh Hour'']], produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Productions and starring [[Rufus Sewell]].<ref name="eleventhhour">{{cite news |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=CBS, Bruckheimer meet in ‘Eleventh Hour’ |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/cbs-bruckheimer-meet-eleventh-hour-150454/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=19 September 2007}}</ref> He also wrote the supernatural film [[The Invisible (2007 film)|''The Invisible'']],<ref name="invis">{{cite web |last1=Debruge |first1=Peter |title=The Invisible |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/the-invisible-2-1200559844/ |website=Variety |access-date=20 June 2024 |date=28 April 2007}}</ref> initially for a Swedish film company and later for [[Spyglass Media Group|Spyglass]]/[[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]].<ref name="invis2">{{cite news |title=Disney Gets Invisible with Blade Trinity Director |url=https://www.awn.com/news/disney-gets-invisible-blade-trinity-director |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=Animation World Network |language=en}}</ref>


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.<ref name="grunge">{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=William J. |title=Every Actor Who Has Played Charles Manson In A Movie |url=https://www.grunge.com/599865/every-actor-who-has-played-charles-manson-in-a-movie/ |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=Grunge |date=9 September 2021}}</ref>
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.<ref name="grunge">{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=William J. |title=Every Actor Who Has Played Charles Manson In A Movie |url=https://www.grunge.com/599865/every-actor-who-has-played-charles-manson-in-a-movie/ |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=Grunge |date=9 September 2021}}</ref>
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More recently, Davis directed the comedy ''My Dad’s Christmas Date'', starring [[Jeremy Piven|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.<ref name="walden">{{cite news |last1=Henderson |first1=Jason | title=Walden is a Bloody Deep Character Study of a Vigilante |url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/walden-is-a-bloody-deep-character-study-of-a-vigilante/ |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Bleeding Cool |date=14 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name="malibu">{{cite news |last1=Luissi |first1=Emmanuel |title=Mick Davis and Malibu local Jim Petulla create film: 'Trust In Love'|url=https://malibutimes.com/mick-davis-and-malibu-local-jim-petulla-create-film-trust-in-love |work=Malibu Times|access-date=June 18, 2024 |date=January 1, 2024}}</ref>
More recently, Davis directed the comedy ''My Dad’s Christmas Date'', starring [[Jeremy Piven|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.<ref name="walden">{{cite news |last1=Henderson |first1=Jason | title=Walden is a Bloody Deep Character Study of a Vigilante |url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/walden-is-a-bloody-deep-character-study-of-a-vigilante/ |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Bleeding Cool |date=14 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name="malibu">{{cite news |last1=Luissi |first1=Emmanuel |title=Mick Davis and Malibu local Jim Petulla create film: 'Trust In Love'|url=https://malibutimes.com/mick-davis-and-malibu-local-jim-petulla-create-film-trust-in-love |work=Malibu Times|access-date=June 18, 2024 |date=January 1, 2024}}</ref>


Davis credits [[Mickey Rourke]] for giving him his first break and the late, iconic Irish actor [[Richard Harris]] for being his mentor.<ref name="mediafax" />
Davis credits [[Mickey Rourke]] for giving him his first break and Irish actor [[Richard Harris]] for being his mentor.<ref name="mediafax" />
[[File:Mick Davis adn Mickey Rourke.jpg|alt=Mick Davis adn Mickey Rourke|thumb|Mick Davis and Mickey Rourke]]
[[File:Mick Davis and Andy Garcia.jpg|alt=Mick Davis and Andy Garcia|thumb|Elsa Zylberstein, Andy Garcia, Mick Davis and Philippe Martinez at Toronto International Film Festival]]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 05:53, 15 September 2024

Mick Davis
Born (1961-08-01) 1 August 1961 (age 63)
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
NationalityScottish/American
OccupationFilm director • screenwriter • producer • theatre director • novelist
Years active1992–present

Michael Davis (born 1 August 1961)[1] is a Scottish/American film director, screenwriter, producer, theater director and novelist.[2][3][4]

Early life

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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]

Career

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "BFI Films, TV, People". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Mick Davis | Producer, Writer, Director". IMDb. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. ^ Kevin (21 November 2023). "Exclusive Interview: Writer-Director Mick Davis Talks 'Walden,' Working With Emile Hirsch, and More". Pop-Culturalist.com. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Mick Davis News, Rumors and Information - Bleeding Cool News Page 1". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  5. ^ Jury, Louise (17 May 2004). "Scottish director puts Modigliani on big screen". The Independent. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  6. ^ Goursaud, Anne (7 January 1998), Love in Paris (Drama, Romance), Mickey Rourke, Agathe de La Fontaine, Angie Everhart, Jones Film, M6 Films, NTTS Productions Ltd., retrieved 4 May 2024
  7. ^ admin (16 December 2015). "Povestea marelui violonist Paganini, pe scena Teatrului Metropolis - Ziarul Metropolis". Ziarul Metropolis (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  8. ^ PAGANINI / TOMESCU. Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  9. ^ Davis, Mick (29 September 2004), Modigliani (Biography, Drama), Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili, Lucky 7 Productions LLC, Media Pro Pictures, Alicéléo, retrieved 4 May 2024
  10. ^ "The Strange Story Behind the Modigliani Movie (and Al Pacino's Doomed Attempt to Get it Made)". Esquire. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  11. ^ Allon, Yoram (2001). Contemporary British and Irish film directors : a wallflower critical guide. London: Wallflower. ISBN 1903364213.
  12. ^ Elley, Derek (9 August 1999). "The Match". Variety. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  13. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (19 September 2007). "CBS, Bruckheimer meet in 'Eleventh Hour'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  14. ^ Debruge, Peter (28 April 2007). "The Invisible". Variety. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Disney Gets Invisible with Blade Trinity Director". Animation World Network. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  16. ^ Wright, William J. (9 September 2021). "Every Actor Who Has Played Charles Manson In A Movie". Grunge. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  17. ^ a b "INTERVIU - Mick Davis: I-am invitat pe Andy Garcia şi Al Pacino la premiera spectacolului "Paganini" de la Teatrul Metropolis". Mediafax (in Romanian). 22 January 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  18. ^ Henderson, Jason (14 November 2023). "Walden is a Bloody Deep Character Study of a Vigilante". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  19. ^ Luissi, Emmanuel (1 January 2024). "Mick Davis and Malibu local Jim Petulla create film: 'Trust In Love'". Malibu Times. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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