Terence Davies
Acting · Directing · Writing
Born November 10, 1945, Liverpool, England, UK
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.
Filmography
- 2024Home! Home! — Writer
- 2023Passing Time — Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
- 2021Benediction — Director, Writer
- 2021But Why? — Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
- 2020Investigating The Ladykillers
- 2016A Quiet Passion — Director, Writer
- 2015Sunset Song — Director, Screenplay
- 2011The Deep Blue Sea — Director, Screenplay
- 2008Of Time and the City — Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
- 2000The House of Mirth — Director, Screenplay
- 1995The Neon Bible — Director, Screenplay
- 1992The Long Day Closes — Director, Writer
- 1988Distant Voices, Still Lives — Director, Writer
- 1983Death and Transfiguration — Director, Writer
- 1983The Terence Davies Trilogy — Director, Writer
- 1980Boogie — Director
- 1980Madonna and Child — Director, Writer
- The South Bank Show
- Anna Karenina
- 1976Children — Director, Writer
- Survivors — Harper
- The Post Office Girl — Screenplay