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Brian Gibson (22 September 1944 – 4 January 2004) was an English film and television director.


Early life and education

Gibson was born 22 September 1944 in
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, Essex. His mother, Victoria, was a shop assistant and his father was a carpenter. He had a sister, June. Gibson attended Southend High School for Boys. He attended
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, where he studied medicine. He also studied History of Science at
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. He graduated from
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.


Career

In the late 1960s, Gibson began working for the
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, directing scientific documentaries. Gibson directed
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in the 1979 BBC film ''Blue Remembered Hills'' and his work on that film won him a
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for Best Director. Gibson made his feature film directorial debut with '' Breaking Glass'' (1980). In 1986, he directed '' Poltergeist II: The Other Side''. In 1989, he directed
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in the HBO television film '' Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story''. In 1990, Gibson directed the miniseries '' Drug Wars: The Camarena Story'', starring
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and
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. Gibson won a
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and a
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for directing the HBO television film ''
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'' (1991). In 1993, he directed the
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nominated film ''
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'', starring
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. This led to a first look deal with Touchstone Pictures. In 1996, he directed
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in ''
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''. In 1998, he directed the British film '' Still Crazy'' starring
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. Gibson served as an executive producer for ''
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'' (2002), starring Salma Hayek and
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. He was preparing to direct a film for
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, and also collaborating on a script with his wife when he was diagnosed with cancer.


Personal life and death

Gibson had homes in London and Los Angeles. In 1990, Gibson married
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. They have a daughter Grace. Their marriage ended in divorce. After their divorce he married the artist Paula Rae Gibson, with whom he had another daughter, Raphaela. Gibson died of
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in London on 4 January 2004; he was 59.


Filmography

* 1974 : ''
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'' (ep: ''Joey'') * 1976 : ''
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'' * 1976 : ''
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'' * 1979 : ''Screenplay'' (série TV) * 1979 : '' Gossip from the Forest'' * 1979 : ''
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'' * 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 ''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 w ...
'' * 1993 : ''
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'' * 1996 : ''
The Juror ''The Juror'' is a 1996 American legal thriller film based on the 1995 novel by George Dawes Green. It was directed by Brian Gibson and stars Demi Moore as a single mother picked for jury duty for a mafia trial and Alec Baldwin as a mobster sent t ...
'' * 1998 : '' Still Crazy''


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Brian 1944 births 2004 deaths Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Alumni of Darwin College, Cambridge Deaths from cancer in England Deaths from bone cancer English film directors English television directors Primetime Emmy Award winners People from Southend-on-Sea English expatriates in the United States