Terence Davies

Terence Davies (10 November 1945 – 7 October 2023) was a British screenwriter, film director, and novelist. He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films, including Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992) and the collage film Of Time and the City (2008), as well as the literary adaptations The Neon Bible (1995), The House of Mirth (2000), The Deep Blue Sea (2011), and Sunset Song (2015). His final two feature films were centered around influential literary figures, Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion (2016) and Siegfried Sassoon in Benediction (2021). Davies was considered by some critics as one of the great British directors of his period.

Terence Davies
Born(1945-11-10)10 November 1945
Liverpool, England
Died7 October 2023(2023-10-07) (aged 77)
Mistley, England
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director
Years active1976–2023
Websiteterencedavies.com
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