What is Terence Davies?
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Terence Davies | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1945|11|10}} | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2023|10|07|1945|11|10}} | death_place = [[Mistley]], England | years_active = 1976–2023 | occupation = Screenwriter, film director | website = {{url|http://terencedavies.com}} }} '''Terence Davies''' (10 November 1945 – 7 October 2023) was a British screenwriter, film director, and novelist. He was born into an English [[Working class|working-class]] family in [[Liverpool, England]]. After years of low-level jobs he began studies at Coventry School of Drama in 1971 and later at the National Film School. He wrote a [[screenplay]] for his first [[Short movie|short film]], ''Children''. This would be the first of three short movies that are known as ''The Terence Davies Trilogy''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BFI Screenonline: Davies, Terence (1945-) Biography|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/502509/|access-date=2023-02-02|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> He is best known as the writer and director of movies based on his own life, including ''Distant Voices, Still Lives'' (1988), ''The Long Day Closes'' (1992) and ''Of Time and the City'' (2008). He has made movies based on [[Novel|novels]], such as ''The House of Mirth'' (2000) and ''The Neon Bible'' (1995). His movies ''A Quiet Passion'' (2016) and ''Benediction'' (2021) are based on the lives of [[Poet|poets]] [[Emily Dickinson]] and [[Siegfried Sassoon]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ellis|first=Jim|date=2002|title=Davies, Terence (b. 1945)|url=http://www.glbtqarchive.com/arts/davies_t_A.pdf|access-date=February 2, 2023|website=GLBTQ Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Terence Davies - Official Website|url=https://terencedavies.com/|access-date=2023-02-02|website=Terence Davies|language=en-GB}}</ref> Davies lived in [[Mistley]], Essex.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/terence-davies-