Mike Figgis

Director | Actor | Writer

Date of birth : 02/28/1948

City of birth : Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK

When young he lived with his four brothers and sisters in a council house in Newcastle Upon Tyne then when 14 the family moved to Thornyburn near Bellingham where he made his first film, 'Redheugh'. He qualified in Newcastle as a music teacher and played in a band, 'The Gasboard' with Brian Ferry before going to London to study music and worked with Performance Art Group and switched to acting