Nigel Finch
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 1, 1949
- Died
- February 14, 1995
- Birthplace
- Tenterden, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Stonewall 1995
Director, In Memory Of
Voices from the Island 1994
Executive Producer
The Ring - A South London Tale 1994
as Self, Director
The Rolling Stones: 25x5 - The Continuing Adventures of The Rolling Stones 1993
Director
The Last Soviet Citizen 1993
Executive In Charge Of Production
The Vampyr: A Soap Opera 1992
Director
The Lost Language of Cranes 1992
Director
Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon 1991
Director
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover 1991
Executive Producer
Paris Is Burning 1991
Executive Producer
Miller Meets Mandela 1991
Executive Producer
Oooh Er Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story 1990
Executive Producer
Rolling Stones - in Morocco 1989
Director
The Tip of the Iceberg 1989
Executive Producer
Blackpool Wakes 1989
Producer
Robert Mapplethorpe 1988
Director
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie 1988
Executive Producer
Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell 1987
Director
The Confessions of Robert Crumb 1987
Executive Producer
Shergar 1986
Director
Raspberry Ripple 1986
Director
Martín Chambi and the Heirs of the Incas 1986
Executive Producer
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima 1985
Executive Producer
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain 1985
Director
Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes 1983
Director
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina 1982
Director
- Chelsea Hotel
Chelsea Hotel 1981
Director
Arena: Dire Straits 1980
Director
Lene Lovich: Sleeping Beauty 1980
Director
The Errand 1980
Director
My Way 1979
Director
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood 1978
Producer, Director
- Children of the Gods
Children of the Gods 1978
Director
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