Terence Davies
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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1945-11-10 · Liverpool, England, UK
- Died
- 2023-10-07
Known for
- The Deep Blue Sea (2011) — Director
- A Quiet Passion (2016) — Writer
- Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) — Director
- The Long Day Closes (1992) — Writer
- Sunset Song (2015) — Director
- The House of Mirth (2000) — Director
- Benediction (2021) — Director
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) — Self
- Of Time and the City (2008) — Self - Narrator (voice)
- Children (1976) — Director
- Death and Transfiguration (1983) — Director
- The Neon Bible (1995) — Director
- Madonna and Child (1980) — Director
- Survivors (1975) — Harper
- The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983) — Writer
- Film '72 (1971) — Self