About Nigel Finch
Lived 1949 – 1995 (aged 45). Nigel Finch was a British film director and director.
Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch (1 August 1949 – 14 February 1995) was an English film director and filmmaker whose career influenced the growth of British gay cinema.
Biography Nigel Finch was born in Tenterden, Kent, the son of Graham and Tibby Finch, and raised in Bromley, south east London. He studied art history at the University of Sussex.
Finch began working as co-editor for the BBC television documentary series Arena in the early 1970s. 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),
Filmography Film The Errand (1980) (Short film) The Caravaggio Conspiracy (1984) Stonewall (1995)
TV movies Ligmalion: A Musical for the 80s (1985) Raspberry Ripple (1986) The Lost Language of Cranes (1991)
TV series Year Title Notes 1986 Screen Two Episode "Shergar" 1988 Bergerac Episode "Whatever Lola Wants" 1992–1993 The Vampyr: A Soap Opera Miniseries
Documentary works TV movies 25x5: The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1989)
TV series Year Title Episode 1978 Omnibus "Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision" (Also producer) Arena My Way 1981 Did You Miss Me? Chelsea Hotel 1982 The Private Life of the Ford Cortina 1983 Kurt Vonnegut , Jr: "Deadeye Dick" 1988 Robert Mapplethorpe 1991 Kenneth Anger 1993 Tales of Rock 'N' Roll: Peggy Sue Pirates (Also producer) 1994 Louise Bourgeois: No Trespassing
Executive producer Paris Is Burning (1991)
Accolades Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1988 BAFTA TV Award Best Factual Series Arena TV series 1989 1990 1991 1992 1981 Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo Best Short Film The Errand 1995 BFI London Film Festival Audience Award Stonewall 1996 Frameline Film Festival Audience Award
Nigel Finch's death was commemorated in the ending title of the opera-film "Dido and Aeneas" (1995) directed by Peter Maniura (conducted by Richard Hickox. See the corresponding entry in Dido and Aeneas discography).
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Who was Nigel Finch?
British film director (1949-1995)
When was Nigel Finch born?
Nigel Finch was born on 1 August 1949 in Tenterden.
When did Nigel Finch die?
Nigel Finch died on 14 February 1995 in London.
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Nigel Finch was a film director and director.
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Nigel Finch was British.
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