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name: "Mike Figgis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-figgis"
fi1m_id: "mike-figgis"
imdb_id: "nm0001214"
tmdb_id: 6111
wikidata_id: "Q710131"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 February 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:24:51.164831+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mike Figgis

## Identity

Mike Figgis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mike-figgis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mike-figgis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001214
- **TMDB ID:** 6111
- **Wikidata ID:** Q710131
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Figgis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710131, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001214/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6111

Director. Born 28 February 1948 in Cumberland, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 February 1948, Cumberland, England, UK
- **Active:** 1995–1999
- **Also known as:** Майк Фиггис, Michael Figgis
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Figgis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710131, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001214/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6111

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Sopranos*](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) (94)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Leaving Las Vegas*](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mike Figgis is an English film director, screenwriter and composer. Born in Carlisle, Cumberland, he grew up partly in Nairobi before returning to England and studying music in London. He began his career as a musician, playing in bands including one with Bryan Ferry, and later joined the experimental theatre group The People Show before forming his own company and incorporating film into multimedia productions.

Figgis made his feature debut with *Stormy Monday* (1988), which he wrote, directed and scored. His subsequent films include *Internal Affairs* (1990), *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995) – for which he received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay – *The Browning Version* (1994), *One Night Stand* (1997), *Timecode* (2000) and *Cold Creek Manor* (2003). He has also directed episodes of television series including *The Sopranos* (1999) and *The Affair* (2014). Figgis was the founding patron of the independent filmmakers' community Shooting People.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Mobster 1 — [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Megadoc* (2025), Director, Music, Cinematography, Additional Editing
- *Megalopolis* (2024), Thanks — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *Somebody Up There Likes Me* (2020), Director
- *Leopard* (2016), as Homeless Busker
- *MLE* (2015), as Dealer
- *The Affair* (2014), series, Director
- *Suspension of Disbelief* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Sweet Nothings* (2011), Director
- *The Co(te)lette Film* (2010), Director
- *42 One Dream Rush* (2010), Director
- *Kimjongilia* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Sleep Furiously* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Love Live Long* (2008), Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography
- *Canterbury's Law* (2008), series, Producer, Director
- *The Four Dreams of Miss X* (2007), Director
- *Co/Ma* (2004), Director, Writer
- *Red, White and Blues* (2003), Director
- *The Blues* (2003), series, Director
- *Cold Creek Manor* (2003), Director, Producer, Original Music Composer
- *The Battle of Orgreave* (2002), Director, Music
- *Ten Minutes Older: The Cello* (2002), Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- *About Time 2* (2002), Director
- *Hotel* (2001), Director, Producer, Original Music Composer, Writer
- *Timecode* (2000), Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer
- *Miss Julie* (1999), Director, Producer, Original Music Composer
- *The Loss of Sexual Innocence* (1999), Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *One Night Stand* (1997), as Hotel Clerk · Original Music Composer, Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *William Forsythe: Just Dancing Around?* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Foxfire* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), as Mobster 1 · Original Music Composer, Screenplay, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md)
- *The Browning Version* (1994), Director
- *Mr. Jones* (1993), Director
- *Liebestraum* (1991), Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
- *Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules* (1991), Writer, Director
- *Mara* (1991), Director, Original Music Composer, Writer, Editor
- *Internal Affairs* (1990), as Hollander · Director, Original Music Composer
- *Stormy Monday* (1988), Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
- *The House* (1984), Writer, Original Music Composer, Director
- *Mother Tongue*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Mike Figgis](https://film.one/media/person/60899/gallery-6eefe3c90aaf.jpg) Mike Figgis — Annie Mole, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Mike_Figgis_-_Deloitte_Ignite_2011_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mike Figgis (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/60899/gallery-aeca29211263.jpg) Mike Figgis (2008) — annulla from Brooklyn, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/DSCN8489_%282468119100%29.jpg/1280px-DSCN8489_%282468119100%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jon Snow & Mike Figgis take questions from the audience at the Deloitte Ignite 2011](https://film.one/media/person/60899/gallery-a3c4a05c1416.jpg) Jon Snow & Mike Figgis take questions from the audience at the Deloitte Ignite 2011 — Annie Mole, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Jon_Snow_%26_Mike_Figgis_-_Deloitte_Ignite_2011.jpg/1280px-Jon_Snow_%26_Mike_Figgis_-_Deloitte_Ignite_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jon Snow & Mike Figgis take questions from the audience at the Deloitte Ignite 2011](https://film.one/media/person/60899/gallery-b61c1c511888.jpg) Jon Snow & Mike Figgis take questions from the audience at the Deloitte Ignite 2011 — Annie Mole, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Jon_Snow_%26_Mike_Figgis_-_Deloitte_Ignite_2011_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Jon_Snow_%26_Mike_Figgis_-_Deloitte_Ignite_2011_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![British Film Director, Composer, Writer and Actor at the PlusCamerimage Festival in Bydgoszcz, Poland (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/60899/gallery-7b1af2a6bab6.jpg) British Film Director, Composer, Writer and Actor at the PlusCamerimage Festival in Bydgoszcz, Poland (2012) — Paul Katzenberger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Mike_Figgis.JPG/1280px-Mike_Figgis.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mike Figgis - Countdown to some hammer action (Deloitte Ignite 2011)](https://film.one/media/person/60899/gallery-d7c865844afc.jpg) Mike Figgis - Countdown to some hammer action (Deloitte Ignite 2011) — Annie Mole, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Mike_Figgis_-_Deloitte_Ignite_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1996: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Leaving Las Vegas*
- 1996: Best Director (nominated), for *Leaving Las Vegas*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director 1995: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director (won), for *Leaving Las Vegas*
- Young European Film of the Year 1988: Young European Film of the Year (nominated), for *Stormy Monday*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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