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Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) is a British film director, film producer and screenwriter. He directed the films Moon (2009), Source Code (2011), Warcraft (2016), and Mute (2018). For Moon , he won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer .
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ ˈ b oʊ i / BOH-ee), [1] was an English singer, songwriter, musician and actor. . Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1
Other performers may assume stage names as a means of distancing themselves from publicly known childhood names that could be considered professionally embarrassing, outlandish, or otherwise inappropriate. Film director Duncan Jones (son of singer David Bowie) was known publicly as a child as Zowie Bowie.
Bowie's debut release was the 1964 single "Liza Jane" by Davie Jones & the King Bees. [6] He released two more singles in 1965 under the names of the Manish Boys and Davy Jones, respectively. His first release using the name David Bowie was the 1966 single " Can't Help Thinking About Me ", which was released with the Lower Third.
Auckland, New Zealand, where Zowie was raised. Zoe Fleury was born in Auckland New Zealand, and is the daughter of musician Johnny Fleury.Zowie began playing drums at the age of 11 [4] Fleury later went to school to study drumming, and later joined various "punk rock" bands and experimented with screamo music and lyrics. [5]
Guitarist Reeves Gabrels (pictured in 2012) was a member of Tin Machine with Bowie from 1988 to 1992 and thereafter worked with Bowie on all his projects until 1999. [91] After performing a live one-off version of the T. Rex song "Cosmic Dancer" in 1991 with singer Morrissey (pictured in 2005) , [ 92 ] Bowie covered his song "I Know It's Gonna ...
Bowie formed his first band, the Konrads, in 1962 at the age of 15 under his birth name David Jones. Konrads playing guitar-based rock and roll at local youth gatherings and weddings, the Konrads had a varying line-up of between four and eight members.
David Zowie Canada Batt [1] (born 30 April 1981), [2] [3] known professionally as David Zowie, is an English DJ and record producer. He is best known for his song " House Every Weekend ", which topped the UK Singles Chart in July 2015.