Michael "Mike" Figgis (born 28 February 1948) is an English film director, screenwriter, and composer. Read full biography of Mike Figgis →
I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.
I started using film as part of live theatre performance - what used to be called performance art - and I became intrigued by film.
I want the score to have a really big voice.
I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way.
I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music.
One of the things I love about cinema is the range.
There's nothing I've done which I'm ashamed of or I thought was actually bad.
When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.
Each film is different. Time Code was very quick - a matter of months. Miss Julie has been on my shelf as a script for some seven or eight years. But... →
I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more... →
I would certainly say that films like Time Code and the Loss of Sexual Innocence were far more rewarding to me in terms of being able to move forward... →
I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I... →
It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things... →
Michael "Mike" Figgis (born 28 February 1948) is an English film director, screenwriter, and composer.