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	In 1995 he was included in the ''Independent'''s [[list of 40 influential gay men]]. The citation said:		In 1995 he was included in the ''Independent'''s [[list of 40 influential gay men]]. The citation said:
	:"Seldom have the aches and pains of growing up gay been so accurately captured as in the films of Davies. And seldom has the mainstream audience been so warmly invited to partake of the experience. The multi-prize-winning ''Distant Voices, Still Lives'' and ''The Long Day Closes'' refashion the concerns of an earlier and "artier" trilogy. His entry into Hollywood with The Neon Bible allows him to match message and machine, which seems to be the summation of Davies's ambitions: gay man at liberty in the world's dream factory. Davies: 'People accuse me of being a miserable bugger ... which I am.'"<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/moving-into-the-mainstream-1583853.html</ref>		:"Seldom have the aches and pains of growing up gay been so accurately captured as in the films of Davies. And seldom has the mainstream audience been so warmly invited to partake of the experience. The multi-prize-winning ''Distant Voices, Still Lives'' and ''The Long Day Closes'' refashion the concerns of an earlier and "artier" trilogy. His entry into Hollywood with ''The Neon Bible'' allows him to match message and machine, which seems to be the summation of Davies's ambitions: gay man at liberty in the world's dream factory. Davies: 'People accuse me of being a miserable bugger ... which I am.'"<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/moving-into-the-mainstream-1583853.html</ref>

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	He was born in [[Liverpool]], left school at 16, and later studied at [[Coventry]] Drama School and the National Film School.		He was born in [[Liverpool]], left school at 16, and later studied at [[Coventry]] Drama School and the National Film School.

	In 1995 he was ~~listed among~~ the Independent's list of 40 influential gay men. The citation said:		In 1995 he was included in the ''Independent'''s [[list of 40 influential gay men]]. The citation said:
	:"Seldom have the aches and pains of growing up gay been so accurately captured as in the films of Davies. And seldom has the mainstream audience been so warmly invited to partake of the experience. The multi-prize-winning ''Distant Voices, Still Lives'' and ''The Long Day Closes'' refashion the concerns of an earlier and "artier" trilogy. His entry into Hollywood with The Neon Bible allows him to match message and machine, which seems to be the summation of Davies's ambitions: gay man at liberty in the world's dream factory. Davies: 'People accuse me of being a miserable bugger ... which I am.'"<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/moving-into-the-mainstream-1583853.html</ref>		:"Seldom have the aches and pains of growing up gay been so accurately captured as in the films of Davies. And seldom has the mainstream audience been so warmly invited to partake of the experience. The multi-prize-winning ''Distant Voices, Still Lives'' and ''The Long Day Closes'' refashion the concerns of an earlier and "artier" trilogy. His entry into Hollywood with The Neon Bible allows him to match message and machine, which seems to be the summation of Davies's ambitions: gay man at liberty in the world's dream factory. Davies: 'People accuse me of being a miserable bugger ... which I am.'"<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/moving-into-the-mainstream-1583853.html</ref>

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[[File:Terence Davies.jpg|thumb|Terence Davies]]'''Terence Davies''' (born 1945) is a writer and film director.

He was born in [[Liverpool]], left school at 16, and later studied at [[Coventry]] Drama School and the National Film School.

In 1995 he was listed among the Independent's list of 40 influential gay men. The citation said:
:"Seldom have the aches and pains of growing up gay been so accurately captured as in the films of Davies. And seldom has the mainstream audience been so warmly invited to partake of the experience. The multi-prize-winning ''Distant Voices, Still Lives'' and ''The Long Day Closes'' refashion the concerns of an earlier and "artier" trilogy. His entry into Hollywood with The Neon Bible allows him to match message and machine, which seems to be the summation of Davies's ambitions: gay man at liberty in the world's dream factory. Davies: 'People accuse me of being a miserable bugger ... which I am.'"<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/moving-into-the-mainstream-1583853.html</ref>

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==References==
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[[Category:Film directors]]
[[Category:Writers]]
[[Category:1995 list of 40]]
[[Category:Pride Power List 2011|77]]
[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]