Terence Davies

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.6141

Gender

Male

Birthday

10-Nov-1945

Age

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Liverpool, England, UK

Also Known As
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Terence Davies

Biography

Terence Davies (10 November 1945 — 7 October 2023) was an English writer-director and former novelist. As a filmmaker, Davies is noted for his recurring themes of emotional (and sometimes physical) endurance, the influence of memory on everyday life and the potentially crippling effects of dogmatic religiosity on the emotional life of individuals and societies. Stylistically, Davies' works are notable for their symmetrical compositions, "symphonic" structure and measured pace.


Credits

Investigating The Ladykillers Investigating The Ladykillers (2020) Character: N/A
Program focuses on the lasting appeal and cinematic brilliance of The Ladykillers. Included in it are clips from interviews with broadcaster and author Stuart Maconie, film editor Catherine Shoard, actor and writer Reece Shearsmith, and author Ronald Harwood, amongst others.
The Gates of Heaven The Gates of Heaven (2025) Character: Self
A documentary short in which Terence Davies talks about his life and his love for the arts in what turned out to be his final interview.
Doris Day: Virgin Territory Doris Day: Virgin Territory (2007) Character: Self
Doris Day has often been dismissed as an actress and overlooked as a singer, despite career highs such as Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk. Covering her early years as a band singer, and her troubled private life, this documentary re-evaluates one of the screen's most enduring legends.
Passing Time Passing Time (2023) Character: Narrator (voice)
From the music of Uruguayan composer Florencia Di Concilio, English filmmaker Terence Davies does a cinematic reading of his own poem about his late sister, delivered over a single serene shot of the countryside near his home in Essex. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.
Of Time and the City Of Time and the City (2008) Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
British director Terence Davies reflects on his birthplace of Liverpool - his memories of growing up there and how it has changed in the years since - in the process meditating on the internal struggles and conflicts that have wracked him throughout his life and the history of England during the second half of the 20th century.
My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson (2017) Character: Self
Poet Emily Dickinson, pigeonholed as the strange recluse since her death, takes you on a journey through the seasons of her life amid 1800s New England.



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