About

Known credits:
25
Birthday:
1949-08-01
Place of birth:
Tenterden, England, UK
Website:
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Nigel Finch

Overview

Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch was an English film director and filmmaker whose career influenced the growth of British gay cinema. Finch began working as co-editor for the BBC television documentary series Arena in the early 1970s. He produced and directed many notable programs including My Way (1978), and The Private Life of the Ford Cortina (1982). He rose to prominence with the documentary Chelsea Hotel (1981), which profiled the famed New York hotel, and its legacy of famous gay guests, including Oscar Wilde, Tennessee Williams, William S. Burroughs, Quentin Crisp and Andy Warhol. His documentary subjects include artist Robert Mapplethorpe (1988), filmmaker Kenneth Anger (1991), and artist Louise Bourgeois (1994). Finch went on to direct films such as the BAFTA-nominated drama The Lost Language of Cranes, and the musical soap opera The Vampyr. Finch died from AIDS-related illness in London in 1995 during post-production of his first full-length feature film Stonewall, a docudrama loosely based on events leading up to the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City.

Known for

Directing
1995 Stonewall Directing Director 59
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1992 The Vampyr: A Soap Opera Directing Director 59
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1992 The Lost Language of Cranes Directing Director 59
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1991 Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon Directing Director N/A
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1988 Robert Mapplethorpe Directing Director 58
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1985 Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain Directing Director N/A
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1983 Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes Directing Director 59
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1982 Private Life of the Ford Cortina Directing Director N/A
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1981 Chelsea Hotel Directing Director 59
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1980 Arena: Dire Straits Directing Director 59
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1980 The Errand Directing Director 59
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1979 My Way Directing Director N/A
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1978 Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood Directing Director 59
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1978 Children of the Gods Directing Director N/A
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Production
1994 Voices from the Island Production Executive Producer N/A
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1991 Van Morrison: One Irish Rover Production Executive Producer N/A
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1991 Paris Is Burning Production Executive Producer 68
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1991 Miller Meets Mandela Production Executive Producer N/A
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1990 Oooh Er Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story Production Executive Producer N/A
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1989 The Tip of the Iceberg Production Executive Producer N/A
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1987 The Confessions of Robert Crumb Production Executive Producer 59
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1986 Martín Chambi and the Heirs of the Incas Production Executive Producer N/A
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1985 The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima Production Executive Producer 58
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1978 Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood Production Producer 59
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Crew
1995 Stonewall Crew In Memory Of 59
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