Brian Gibson

Brian Gibson

Nascimento : 1944-09-22, London, England, UK

Morte : 2004-01-04

História

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, Phil Daniels and Jonathan Pryce. In Hollywood, he directed Poltergeist II and HBO specials which included biographies of Simon Wiesenthal and Josephine Baker. He followed up with the Tina Turner biopic, What's Love Got to Do with It, and The Juror. In 1998 he directed his last film, Still Crazy. Gibson married the leading lady of his TV film "The Josephine Baker Story" Lynn Whitfield. They had a daughter named Grace Gibson and divorced in 1992. He remarried Paula Rae Gibson and had another daughter before he died of Ewing's sarcoma, a form of cancer, at his London home in 2004. He was 59 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Gibson (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Perfil

Brian Gibson

Filmes

Styx - Caught In The Act
Styx - Caught In The Act
Director
Multi-platinum album selling legends Styx dig deep into their rock arsenal and release on DVD for the first time their concert video Caught In The Act. Recorded during their Kilroy Was Here tour in 1983, this concert video centers around this concept album's theme of a futuristic society where rock `n' roll is banned by the masses. Remastered in 5.1 surround, experience the band's classic hits at the height of their career like Mr. Roboto and Don't Let It End, as well as their concert staples like Come Sail Away, Blue Collar Man and Too Much Time On My Hands.
Frida
Frida
Executive Producer
Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) foi um dos principais nomes da história artística do México. Conceituada e aclamada como pintora, ele teve um agitado casamento aberto com Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), seu companheiro também nas artes, e ainda um controverso caso com o político Leon Trostky (Geoffrey Rush), além de várias outras mulheres.
Ainda Muito Loucos
Ainda Muito Loucos
Director
Em 1977, a banda de rock Strange Fruit brilhava nos palcos e festivais. Pouco depois, o grupo se desfaz no meio de brigas e confusões. Vinte anos depois, o ex-tecladista (Rea), totalmente falido, procura a antiga empresária (Aubrey) com uma idéia maluca : reunir de novo a banda no lendário festival ao ar livre de Wisbech.
A Jurada
A Jurada
Director
Annie Laird (Demi Moore), uma artista plástica que é mãe de Oliver (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), é escolhida como jurada no julgamento de um chefe mafioso (Tony Lo Bianco) que é acusado de envolvimento em um duplo assassinato. Entretanto, um homem (Alec Baldwin) é encarregado de "convencê-la" a votar pela absolvição e de influenciar o corpo de jurados a fazer o mesmo, pois a vida do seu filho depende da sua decisão.
Tina - A Verdadeira História de Tina Turner
Tina - A Verdadeira História de Tina Turner
Director
A verdadeira história da lenda viva do rock´n roll, Tina Turner, com Angela Bassette e Laurence Fishburne. Tina é Anna Mae Bullock, uma garota do interior com uma voz especial que se apaixona pelo carismático Ike Turner. Juntos, conquistam o sucesso no mundo da música. Mas quando perdem o controle de suas vidas, a volta à realidade provoca um choque inevitável. Do fundo do poço ao mais alto nível, Tina viveu, sobreviveu e triunfou. Cheio de energia e performances eletrizantes, um filme que vai fazer você cantar, dançar e aplaudir.
The Josephine Baker Story
The Josephine Baker Story
Director
Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Director
A biographical portrayal of Simon Wiesenthal, famous Nazi Hunter. From his imprisonment in a Nazi Concentration Camp, the film follows his liberation and his rise to become one of the leading Nazi hunters in the world, bringing such criminals to justice as Adolf Eichmann and Klaus Barbee. (Written by Anthony Hughes)
Poltergeist II: O Outro Lado
Poltergeist II: O Outro Lado
Director
A família Freeling se muda em uma tentativa de se recuperar do trauma causado pelo seqüestro de Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke) pela Besta. No entanto, ela não será descartada assim tão facilmente. Assim, a Besta reaparece como o Reverendo Kane (Julian Beck), um religioso que foi responsável pela morte de muitos dos seus seguidores. O objetivo da Besta ter Carol Anne, mas para isto precisa ser mais forte que o amor da família dela, que se uniu a uma mediúnica que já os tinha ajudado no passado e a um sábio índio.
Breaking Glass
Breaking Glass
Writer
Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manager Danny, becomes a huge star overnight. Once at the top the pressure is immense as Kate's band are squeezed out and she is left to cope alone in the spotlight.
Breaking Glass
Breaking Glass
Director
Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manager Danny, becomes a huge star overnight. Once at the top the pressure is immense as Kate's band are squeezed out and she is left to cope alone in the spotlight.
Gossip From The Forest
Gossip From The Forest
Writer
The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War.
Gossip From The Forest
Gossip From The Forest
Director
The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War.
Blue Remembered Hills
Blue Remembered Hills
Director
On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around, they indulge in spontaneous games and horseplay - sometimes echoing the distant war, at other times revealing their own insecurities and petty vindictiveness.
Dinner at The Sporting Club
Dinner at The Sporting Club
Director
John Thaw plays Vinny Mathews a small time boxing promoter who struggles with his conscience as to whether or not to provide a fighter for a Sporting Club promotion, a fighter he knows is unfit against an opponent who is way out of his league. However Mathews needs sponsorship and this would be the ideal opportunity to mix with the "frilly shirted" sportsmen who enjoy their lavish lifestyle as fighters slug it out as the steak is served!
The Billion Dollar Bubble
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Director
The Billion Dollar Bubble is a 1976 film made for the BBC series Horizon and directed by Brian Gibson about the story of the two billion dollar insurance embezzlement scheme involving Equity Funding Corporation of America. The movie stars James Woods in the role of the actuary.
Where Adam Stood
Where Adam Stood
Director
"Where Adam Stood" is "based on" the 1907 autobiography, "Father and Son", by Christian fundamentalist and naturalist Edmund Gosse, but Dennis Potter adapted only one section of the book, adding much material of his own invention. The drama was filmed on the Devon coast near Torquay, not far from where Gosse lived. With a literal belief in the Old Testament, Philip Gosse is opposed to the new theories of Charles Darwin, espoused here by biologist Brackley. Assuming "the Lord's will" determines the fate of his ailing son Edmund, Philip Gosse creates a life-threatening situation, even suggesting the illness is God's punishment because of Edmund's desire for a toy ship.