Brian Grant

Biography

Brian Grant is a noted British music video and television director and producer, he co-founded MGMM Productions with Scott Millaney, Russell Mulcahy, and David Mallet He started his career as a cameraman and went to become a noted music video director, he also shot many movies and television series. He is famous for directing episodes of British television series including As If, Hex, Doctor Who, Party Animals, Sinchronicity, Britannia High, Highlander, Queen of Swords, Clocking Off, New Tricks. He has also directed many commercials and notable music videos through the 1980s for Olivia Newton-John, Donna Summer, Peter Gabriel, Queen, Tina Turner and Duran Duran. His video for Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", won the 25th Annual Grammy Award for Best Video of the Year. He is best known for his work on the 1983 Donna Summer video "She Works Hard For The Money", the video would be nominated for MTV awards, and Donna Summer became the first Afro American Female Artist to get played in high rotation, at the then fledgling MTV station. The video remains a tribute to women around the world. He was also hired to direct her 1983 HBO concert "A Hot Summers Night...", after that he was in hi…

Directed

1. Doctor Who (2005) — Director
2. The Worst Witch (2017) — Director
3. Hex (2004) — Director
4. New Tricks (2004) — Director
5. Red Shoe Diaries (1992) — Director
6. The Immortals (1995) — Director
7. The Hitchhiker (1983) — Director
8. Gladiatress (2004) — Director
9. Highlander: The Raven (1998) — Director
10. Sensation (1994) — Director
11. Bugs (1995) — Director
12. The Cyberstalking (1999) — Director
13. Mann & Machine (1992) — Director
14. Love Kills (1991) — Director
15. Queen of Swords (2000) — Director
16. Sweet Poison (1991) — Director
17. Complex of Fear (1993) — Director
18. Olivia Newton-John: Let's Get Physical (1982) — Director
19. Sinchronicity (2006) — Director
20. Life Is Wild (2007) — Director
21. Lennon's Last Weekend (2020) — Director
22. Darkman (1992) — Director
23. Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord (1998) — Director
24. Olivia Newton-John: In Concert (1983) — Director
25. Day of Reckoning (1994) — Director
26. A Hot Summer Night with Donna (1983) — Director
27. Video AID (1985) — Director
28. The Human League: The Very Best Of (2003) — Director
29. The Last Lennon Interview (2015) — Director