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 ...
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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_(BBC_TV_series)" 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 UK audiences, and the intriguing Gossip from the Forest with...
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