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| Born | 22 September 1944 Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England |
| Died | 4 January 2004 (aged 59) London, England |
| Occupation | Film and television director |
| Years active | 1960s–2002 |
Brian Gibson (22 September 1944 – 4 January 2004) was an English film director.
Gibson was born 22 September 1944 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. [1] His mother, Victoria, [2] was a shop assistant and his father was a carpenter. [3] He had a sister, June. [2] [4] Gibson attended Southend High School for Boys. [1] [3] He attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he studied medicine. [1] [3] [5] He also studied History of Science at Darwin College, Cambridge. [3] He graduated from Cambridge University. [2]
In the late 1960s, Gibson began working for the BBC, directing scientific documentaries. [1] Gibson directed Helen Mirren in the 1979 BBC film Blue Remembered Hills and his work on that film won him a BAFTA Award for Best Director. [2] Gibson made his feature film directorial debut with Breaking Glass (1980). [1] In 1986, he directed Poltergeist II: The Other Side . [1] In 1989, he directed Ben Kingsley in the HBO television film Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story . [1] In 1990, Gibson directed the miniseries Drug Wars: The Camarena Story , starring Steven Bauer and Benicio Del Toro. [1] Gibson won a Primetime Emmy and a Directors Guild of America Award for directing the HBO television film The Josephine Baker Story (1991). [1] In 1993, he directed the Oscar nominated film What's Love Got to Do with It , starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne. [1] This led to a first look deal with Touchstone Pictures. [6] In 1996, he directed Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin in The Juror . [1] In 1998, he directed the British film Still Crazy starring Bill Nighy and Billy Connolly. [1] Gibson served as an executive producer for Frida (2002), starring Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina. [1] He was preparing to direct a film for 20th Century Fox, and also collaborating on a script with his wife when he was diagnosed with cancer. [1]
Gibson had homes in London and Los Angeles. [2]
In 1990, Gibson married Lynn Whitfield. [7] They have a daughter Grace. [1] Their marriage ended in divorce. [2] After their divorce he married the artist Paula Rae Gibson, with whom he had another daughter, Raphaela. [1] [3]
Gibson died of bone cancer in London on 4 January 2004; he was 59. [1] [2]
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Drug Wars: The Camarena Story is a 1990 TV mini-series that aired on January 7th, 8th & 9th 1990, based on Elaine Shannon’s book Desperados and the Time magazine article of the same name. It was directed by Brian Gibson and starred Steven Bauer, Miguel Ferrer, Benicio del Toro, Treat Williams and Craig T. Nelson. It was the second most watched NBC mini-series of the year following The Kennedys and was followed up in 1992 with Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel starring Dennis Farina.
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The Josephine Baker Story is an American television film that first aired on HBO on March 16, 1991. It stars Lynn Whitfield as Josephine Baker, who was an international African-American star, who was especially successful in Europe. The film was generally well received by critics and has become a success on home video and DVD. The original music score was composed by Georges Delerue. The film was nominated for several awards and won 5 Emmy Awards for art direction, costume design, hairstyling, directing by Brian Gibson and for acting by Lynn Whitfield.
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Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story is a 1989 American biographical film directed by Brian Gibson and written by Abby Mann, Robin Vote and Ron Hutchinson. The film stars Ben Kingsley, Renée Soutendijk, Craig T. Nelson, Anton Lesser, Jack Shepherd and Paul Freeman. The film premiered on HBO on April 23, 1989. It won one Emmy Award and was nominated for two others.
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