Terence Davies
British film director and screenwriter (1945-2023) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 77
Terence Davies was an English filmmaker. He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films, including Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992) and the collage film Of Time and the City (2008), as well as the literary adaptations The Neon Bible (1995), The House of Mirth...
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Reel BritanniaSeries2021Best Screenplay Award (San Sebastián Film Festival)Award
BenedictionFilm, 2021Director, Writer2020
Investigating The LadykillersFilm2017
My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily DickinsonFilm2015
Sunset SongFilm, Director, Writer2011
The Story of Film: An OdysseySeries
The Deep Blue SeaFilm, 2011Director, Writer2008
Of Time and the CityFilm, Director, Writer2007British Film Institute FellowshipAward
Doris Day: Virgin TerritoryFilm, 20072006
LegendsSeries1995
The Neon BibleFilm, Director, Writer1992
The Long Day ClosesFilm, Director, Writer1988
Distant Voices, Still LivesFilm, Director, Writer1980
BoogieFilm, Director1977
Anna KareninaSeries1976
ChildrenFilm, Director, Writer1975
SurvivorsSeries, Harper1971Film '72Series1945Born10 November 1945People around Terence
Close ties
Jodhi May Terence directed The House of Mirth (2000)
Simon Russell Beale Terence directed The Deep Blue Sea (2012)
Gillian Anderson Terence directed The House of Mirth (2000)
Gena Rowlands Terence directed The Neon Bible (1997)
Dan Aykroyd Terence directed The House of Mirth (2000)
Laura Linney Terence directed The House of Mirth (2000)
Cynthia Nixon Terence directed A Quiet Passion (2016)
Eric Stoltz Terence directed The House of Mirth (2000)
Anthony LaPaglia Terence directed The House of Mirth (2000)
Drake Bell Terence directed The Neon Bible (1997)
Peter Mullan Terence directed Sunset Song (2015)
Agyness Deyn Terence directed Sunset Song (2015)
Diana Scarwid Terence directed The Neon Bible (1997)
Jacob Tierney Terence directed The Neon Bible (1997)
Barbara Jefford Terence directed The Deep Blue Sea (2012)
Oliver Ford Davies Terence directed The Deep Blue Sea (2012)
Andrea Gibson Produced A Quiet Passion (2016)
Wilfrid Brambell Also in Death and Transfiguration (1983)
Leo Burmester Terence directed The Neon Bible (1997)
Freda Dowie Terence directed Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
Jean Boht Terence directed Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
Karl Johnson Terence directed The Deep Blue Sea (2012)
Marjorie Yates Terence directed The Long Day Closes (1993)
Sheila Raynor Also in Madonna and Child (1980)
Known for
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The Long Day Closes 1992
Distant Voices, Still Lives 1988
The House of Mirth 2000
Benediction 2021
Sunset Song 2015
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 22
46 credits on file
Television 6
Awards
About this person
He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films, including Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992) and the collage film Of Time and the City (2008), as well as the literary adaptations The Neon Bible (1995), The House of Mirth (2000), The Deep Blue Sea (2011) and Sunset Song (2015). His final two feature films were centered on the lives of influential literary figures, Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion (2016) and Siegfried Sassoon in Benediction (2021). Davies was considered by numerous critics as one of the great British directors of his period.
