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Directors,

Upcoming: Mike Figgis reports from the cutting edge of digital

Mike Figgis is a writer/director/composer. From roots in experimental theatre and music, he has gone on to direct over 19 feature films and documentaries as well as a number of television episodes and most recently, an opera.


Figgis is recognized as a visionary filmmaker who thrives on taking artistic risks, moving from ‘mainstream’ movies such as Internal Affairs and the award-winning Leaving Las Vegas to more eclectic personal films as Stormy Monday and Liebestraum. Figgis was a pioneer in exploring the possibilities of digital video technology which led him to conceive of and direct Timecode which created an ensemble film shot simultaneously with four cameras all in one take and also presented simultaneously and uncut, dividing the screen into four quarters.

His work output is almost exclusively on the cutting edge of creative digital filmmaking. He recently made his debut as an opera director, with Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at the English National Opera. - from the http://www.5x15stories.com website

Upcoming: Mike Figgis reports from the cutting edge of digital

Where:
The Union Chapel, Compton Ave, London N1 2X

When:
7pm, Mon 7 March, 2011

More info & tickets:
Over at the 5x15stories website