Mike Figgis career in feature films and documentaries began in experimental theater and music. Early on he formed his own theater company, The Mike Figgis Group, and began creating multi-media productions, which included extensive use of film. Figgis film work includes the critically acclaimed Leaving Las Vegas (for which he was nominated for Academy Awards for both Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay), and the visually groundbreaking split-screen Timecode.