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Brian Gibson

Brian Gibson

Director · Born 1944-09-22 · London, England, UK

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Brian Gibson (22 September 1944 — 4 January 2004) was an English film director. Born in Reading, Berkshire, he studied Natural Sciences at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge graduating with an upper-second, and then History of Science at Darwin College, Cambridge. He intended to become a doctor, but became interested in journalism and edited Granta, the Cambridge University magazine. After travelling in Turkey, Israel and Syria, Brian started at the BBC as a research assistant for Rene Cutforth's program, "Europa." He then produced several excellent editions of Horizon, a science TV magazine. Gibson received a BAFTA award and the 1975 Prix Italia for the "Horizon" episode Joey, based on "Tongue tied" the story of a brain-damaged child, by Joey Deacon who, in his adult life, found a handicapped friend to unlock his latent intellect. After this he made The Billion Dollar Bubble, which introduced James Woods to British audiences, and Gossip from the Forest with John Shrapnel. He went on to direct Dennis Potter's Blue Remembered Hills with, among others, Colin Welland, Helen Mirren and John Bird, as well as Breaking Glass with Hazel O'Connor, …

Directed

  1. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) — Director
  2. The Juror (1996) — Director
  3. What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) — Director
  4. Still Crazy (1998) — Director
  5. Breaking Glass (1980) — Director
  6. Horizon (1964) — Director
  7. The Josephine Baker Story (1991) — Director
  8. Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990) — Director
  9. Play for Today (1970) — Director
  10. Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989) — Director
  11. Styx - Caught In The Act (1984) — Director
  12. Where Adam Stood (1976) — Director
  13. Blue Remembered Hills (1979) — Director
  14. Screenplay (1979) — Director
  15. Dinner at the Sporting Club (1978) — Director
  16. The Billion Dollar Bubble (1978) — Director
  17. Gossip from the Forest (1979) — Director
  18. Playhouse (1974) — Director
  19. Kilroy Was Here (1983) — Director
  20. The Chauffeur (1976) — Director