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 Catharines College Cambridge graduating with an uppersecond 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 Cutforths 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 braindamaged 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 Potters Blue Remembered Hills with among others Colin Welland Helen Mirren and John Bird as well as Breaking Glass with Hazel OConnor 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 Whats 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 Ewings 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia