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Nigel Finch (1949-1995)

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Birthplace:
Tenterden, England, UK

Born:
August 1, 1949

Died:
February 14, 1995

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Director:
1978  Children of the Gods
1978  Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
1979  My Way
1980  Arena: Dire Straits
1980  The Errand
1981  Chelsea Hotel
1982  Private Life of the Ford Cortina
1983  Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes
1985  Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
1988  Robert Mapplethorpe
1991  Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon
1992  The Lost Language of Cranes
1992  The Vampyr: A Soap Opera
1995  Stonewall

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

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

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

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TV Production

Director:
1975  Arena
1981  Bergerac

Editor:
1975  Arena
1981  Bergerac

Executive Producer:
1975  Arena
1981  Bergerac

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