Mick Davis

Mick Davis is a Scottish-American film director, screenwriter, producer, theater director, and novelist. Born in Glasgow and raised in the notorious Gorbals, Davis was bedridden with asthma during his childhood. After outgrowing the condition, he worked as a fitness coach for his childhood football team, Celtic F.C., where he befriended singer Rod Stewart, an ardent supporter of Celtic. When Davis moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in filmmaking, Stewart introduced him to contacts in show business, helping to launch his career.

His latest work (2023) is the critically acclaimed horror film “WALDEN”, which he wrote and directed, starring Emile Hirsch.

Davis’s first major credit was as screenwriter on LOVE IN PARIS (also known as “ANOTHER 9½ WEEKS, a sequel to 9-1/2 WEEKS). He then wrote a screenplay titled PAGANINI, about the 18th-century virtuoso. The screenplay received significant attention, leading to his signing with Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Actor Mickey Rourke hired Davis to work on a script, and they developed a close friendship, collaborating on several projects over the next decade, including the sequel to 9½ WEEKS. During this period, Davis began developing a script about the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani with Al Pacino, which marked his growing interest in directing.

Davis’s first writer-director project was the romantic comedy THE MATCH, starring Pierce Brosnan, Tom Sizemore, Richard E. Grant, and Sir Ian Holm. His success in film opened opportunities in television, leading to his creation and writing of the American CBS/Warner Bros. show “ELEVENTH HOUR”, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Productions and starring Rufus Sewell. Davis went on to write and direct MODIGLIANI, a biographical film about the artist, starring Andy Garcia. He also wrote the cult supernatural film THE INVISIBLE, initially for a Swedish film company and later for Spyglass/Disney.

More recently, Davis directed the comedy “MY DAD’S CHRISTMAS DATE”, starring Jeremy Piven and Joely Richardson, as well as “FATHER CHRISTMAS IS BACK”, featuring John Cleese and Kelsey Grammer. He also directed the comedy “TRUST IN LOVE”, which has won 30 film festivals worldwide and is set to be released in the summer of 2024.

Davis credits Mickey Rourke for giving him his first break and the late, iconic Irish actor Richard Harris for being his mentor. He currently lives in Los Angeles.