Jason Figgis

Jason Figgis is an Irish film director known for his work on a variety of projects ranging from documentaries to horror films. He was born in Ranelagh, Dublin, and attended St. Mary’s College in Rathmines before studying art at Ballyfermot Senior College in Dublin. After working for Murakami-Wolf Animation Studios and Steven Spielberg's Amblimation Studios, Figgis studied business and worked in communications dealer accounts management before setting up his own film production company, October Eleven Pictures.

Figgis directed his first feature film, The Twilight Hour, in collaboration with photographer Simon Marsden in 2003. The documentary feature project, narrated by John Hurt, was acquired by the Discovery Network and distributed to 100 countries in 2004. Figgis was then invited by BSkyB to join them as a director, and he directed several feature projects, including Uri's Haunted Cities: Venice and A Maverick In London.

In 2018, Figgis formed a film partnership with journalist and broadcaster John West, called Figgis-West. Their first joint production was the haunted house feature, The Ghost of Winifred Meeks, which was distributed by BayView Entertainment and Pinewood Studios High Fliers Films.

Figgis has directed several other documentary projects, including Simon Marsden: A Life in Pictures, Die Strong, Gladiator Skool, Love? and Shirley Baker: Life Through a Lens. He has designed covers and written forewords for several books, including Britain's Haunted Heritage and Britain's Ghostly Heritage, both authored by John West, as well as The Battle of Gainsborough 1643 and In Search of Roman Lincoln.

Filmography

2003: The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past (documentary) – director/writer 2005: Uri's Haunted Cities: Venice (documentary) – director/writer 2007: Blood – Producer/cinematographer 2008: Dublin: The Movie (segment "Jo Jo") – director/writer 2010: Once Upon a Time in Dublin (aka 3Crosses) – director/writer 2012: A Christmas Carol – director/Adaptation 2013: Children of a Darker Dawn – director/writer 2015: The Ecstasy of Isabel Mann – director/writer. 2016: Urban Traffik – director/writer. 2016: Don't You Recognise Me? – director/writer 2017: Torment – director 2017: Grindsploitation (segment "The Wandering") – director/writer 2017: The 12 Slays of Christmas (segment "The Uncommon Mr Goode") – director/writer 2017: Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty (segment "All the Little Things/Vlad the Impaler") – director/writer 2017: Grindsploitation 4 (segment "Hacksaw Jack") – director/writer 2017: Trashsploitation (segment "Isabel/Don’t You") – director/writer 2017: Schlocksploitation (segment "Backroads/Bring Me the Head of Anto Murphy") – director/writer 2017: Gore Theatre (segment "Nouveau Monde/Ethan") – director/writer 2017: Home Movies (segment "The Almost Daily Journal of a Madman") – director/writer 2017: Home Movies 2 (segment "Numbers") – director/writer 2017: Horror Box (segment "The Last Train") – director/writer 2017: 1000 Zombies (segment "In The Beginning") – director/writer 2018: Simon Marsden: A Haunted Life in Pictures – director/writer 2018: Schlock-O-Rama (segment "Railway Children Promo") – director/writer 2018: Die In 60 Seconds 3 (segment "Bedside Manner/If You Go Down To The Woods/Run Lady Run") – director/writer 2018: Dark Tales (segment "Friends Forever") – director/writer 2018: American Sasquatch (segment "The Grey Man") – director/writer 2018: Grindsploitation 8: Drive-In Grindhouse (segment "Knife") – director/writer 2018: The Haunting of M.R. James – director 2019: Gore Theatre 2 (segment "The Black Widow") – director/writer 2019: Theatre of the Deranged III (segment "In Common") – director/writer 2019: Clare Island (short) – director 2019: Faces Of Fear (segment "The Ties That Bind") – director/writer 2019: Previews of Coming Attractions (film trailer) – director/writer 2019: Trailersploitation (film trailer) – director/writer 2020: The Wedding Ring (short) – director/writer 2020: In Our Day (short) – director/writer 2020: Mythmaker: George A. Romero (short) – director/writer 2020: Dunkirk 80 (short) – Producer/editor/writer 2020: The Ghost of Winifred Meeks – director/writer 2021: Maverick – director/writer 2022: Nosferatu – Co-producer of newly restored/scored version of the 1922 horror classic 2022: Plague of the Dead (Anthology) – director/writer 2022: 60 Seconds to Live (Anthology) – director/writer 2022: Die Strong – director 2022: My Island (music video for Uri Geller) – director 2022: Love? Docudrama on domestic abuse (written and narrated by Samantha Beckinsale) – director 2023: Colin Wilson: The Outsider - Part One – director 2023: Colin Wilson: The Outsider - Part Two – director 2023: Colin Wilson: The Occult - Part One – director 2023: Colin Wilson: The Occult - Part Two – director 2023: Colin Wilson: Access Inner Worlds - Part One – director 2023: Colin Wilson: Access Inner Worlds - Part Two – director 2023: Voyage to a Beginning – director 2023: Colin Wilson: with Gary Lachman – director 2023: The Athena Syndrome – director (pre-production) 2023: Shirley Baker: Life Through A Lens – director 2024: Gladiator Skool – director 2024: The House at the End of the Lane - director/writer 2025: Nostradamus (music promo for Justin Hayward and Uri Geller) - director 2025: Thank You (music promo for Skyler Jett and Elliott Randall) - director 2025: Code Red: Spain - director/writer 2025: Jane Finds the Sea Frightening - director/writer 2025: Soren – director/writer