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Terence Davies

1945 - 2023

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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 the lives of 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Terence Davies is the 1,480th most popular film director (down from 681st in 2019), the 5,282nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,431st in 2019) and the 108th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Terence Davies ranks 1,480 out of 2,041. Before him are Vincent Sherman, Vera Stroyeva, Paul Bartel, Zaza Urushadze, Mick Garris, and James Young. After him are Lesli Linka Glatter, Lucien Hubbard, Geoff Murphy, Gabriele Muccino, Hossein Shahabi, and Haifaa al-Mansour.

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Among people born in 1945, Terence Davies ranks 606. Before him are Gianfranco Bedin, Javed Akhtar, Millie Hughes-Fulford, David Marr, Baudilio Jáuregui, and Gülsün Sağlamer. After him are Paul Le Mat, Marianne Mendt, J. P. Mallory, Howard Marks, Elizabeth Moon, and Terry Callier. Among people deceased in 2023, Terence Davies ranks 492. Before him are Mariya Pisareva, David Del Tredici, Aleksandar Matanović, Charlie Dominici, John Jakes, and Traudl Hecher. After him are Manfred Schaefer, Hossein Shahabi, Evelyn Boyd Granville, Andy Rourke, Victoria Amelina, and Anne Heywood.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Terence Davies ranks 5,284 out of 8,785. Before him are David Robb (1947), Olivia d'Abo (1969), Susan Cooper (1935), Emily Blackwell (1826), Amir Khan (1986), and Tanya Tate (1979). After him are Jackie Milburn (1924), Paul Jones (1942), Eric Dier (1994), Nicola Sturgeon (1970), Jocelyn Pook (1960), and Joe Meek (1929).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Terence Davies ranks 108. Before him are Peter Hall (1930), Chris Menges (1940), Michael Winterbottom (1961), Jonathan Lynn (1943), Bryan Forbes (1926), and Mike Hodges (1932). After him are A. Edward Sutherland (1895), Richard Eyre (1943), Adrian Biddle (1952), Stuart Baird (1947), Clive Donner (1926), and Peter Glenville (1913).

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