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Brian Gibson
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| Born | 22 September 1944 Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
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| Died | 4 January 2004 (aged 59) London, England
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| Occupation | Film director, television director |
| Years active | 1960s–2002 |
Brian Gibson was a talented English director who made movies and TV shows. He was born on September 22, 1944, and passed away on January 4, 2004. He directed many popular films and TV programs during his career.
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Brian Gibson's Early Life and School
Brian Gibson was born in Southend-on-Sea, England, on September 22, 1944. His mother, Victoria, worked in a shop, and his father was a carpenter. Brian also had a sister named June.
He went to Southend High School for Boys. Later, he studied medicine at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. He also studied the history of science at Darwin College, Cambridge. Brian graduated from Cambridge University.
Brian Gibson's Directing Career
In the late 1960s, Brian Gibson started working for the BBC. He directed science documentaries for a famous TV series called Horizon.
One special episode, "Joey," was about a man named Joey Deacon. Joey had brain damage but found a way to communicate. This episode won Brian an SFTA Award in 1974.
Directing for Television
In 1979, Gibson directed Helen Mirren in the BBC film Blue Remembered Hills. His work on this film earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Director.
He also directed several important TV films. In 1989, he directed Ben Kingsley in Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story for HBO. In 1990, he directed the miniseries Drug Wars: The Camarena Story.
Brian Gibson won a Primetime Emmy and a Directors Guild of America Award. These awards were for directing The Josephine Baker Story (1991) for HBO.
Directing for Movies
Brian Gibson made his first feature film, Breaking Glass, in 1980. In 1986, he directed the horror movie Poltergeist II: The Other Side.
In 1993, he directed the Oscar-nominated film What's Love Got to Do with It. This movie starred Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne. After this success, he worked closely with Touchstone Pictures.
He continued to direct big movies, including The Juror (1996) with Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin. In 1998, he directed the British film Still Crazy, starring Bill Nighy and Billy Connolly.
Gibson also worked as an executive producer for the film Frida (2002). This movie starred Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina. He was planning to direct another film and write a script with his wife when he became ill.
Brian Gibson's Family and Passing
Brian Gibson had homes in both London and Los Angeles.
In 1990, he married Lynn Whitfield. They had a daughter named Grace. Their marriage later ended. After that, he married the artist Paula Rae Gibson. They had another daughter named Raphaela.
Brian Gibson passed away from bone cancer in London on January 4, 2004. He was 59 years old.
Brian Gibson's Filmography
- 1972 : Hospital, 1922 (episode of Horizon)
- 1974 : Joey (episode of Horizon)
- 1976 : The Billion Dollar Bubble (episode of Horizon)
- 1976 : The Chauffeur (episode of BBC2 Playhouse)
- 1976 : Where Adam Stood
- 1978 : Dinner at the Sporting Club (episode of Play for Today)
- 1979 : Gossip from the Forest (episode of Screenplay)
- 1979 : Blue Remembered Hills (episode of Play for Today)
- 1980 : Breaking Glass
- 1983 : Kilroy Was Here
- 1986 : Poltergeist II: The Other Side
- 1989 : Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
- 1990 : Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
- 1991 : The Josephine Baker Story
- 1993 : What's Love Got to Do with It
- 1996 : The Juror
- 1998 : Still Crazy
