Terence Davies

Biography

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.

Directed

1. The Deep Blue Sea (2011) — Director
2. A Quiet Passion (2016) — Director
3. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) — Director
4. The Long Day Closes (1992) — Director
5. Sunset Song (2015) — Director
6. The House of Mirth (2000) — Director
7. Benediction (2021) — Director
8. Of Time and the City (2008) — Director
9. Children (1976) — Director
10. The Neon Bible (1995) — Director
11. Death and Transfiguration (1983) — Director
12. Madonna and Child (1980) — Director
13. The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983) — Director
14. Passing Time (2023) — Director
15. Boogie (1980) — Director
16. But Why? (2021) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) — Self
2. Of Time and the City (2008) — Self - Narrator (voice)
3. Survivors (1975) — Harper
4. Anna Karenina (1977)
5. Film '72 (1971) — Self
6. Reel Britannia (2022) — Self - Producer - Writer
7. Passing Time (2023) — Narrator (voice)
8. My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson (2017) — Self
9. Doris Day: Virgin Territory (2007) — Self
10. Legends (2006) — Self
11. Investigating The Ladykillers (2020)
12. The Gates of Heaven (2025) — Self
13. But Why? (2021) — Narrator (voice)