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Brian Grant
Brian Grant is a noted British music video and television director and producer, he co-founded MGMM Productions with Scott Millaney, Russell Mulcahy, and David Mallet He started h…
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Brian Grant is a noted British music video and television director and producer, he co-founded MGMM Productions with Scott Millaney, Russell Mulcahy, and David Mallet He started his career as a cameraman and went to become a noted music video director, he also shot many movies and television series. He is famous for directing episodes of British television series including As If, Hex, Doctor Who, Party Animals, Sinchronicity, Britannia High, Highlander, Queen of Swords, Clocking Off, New Tricks. He has also directed many commercials and notable music videos through the 1980s for Olivia Newton-John, Donna Summer, Peter Gabriel, Queen, Tina Turner and Duran Duran. His video for Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", won the 25th Annual Grammy Award for Best Video of the Year. He is best known for his work on the 1983 Donna Summer video "She Works Hard For The Money", the video would be nominated for MTV awards, and Donna Summer became the first Afro American Female Artist to get played in high rotation, at the then fledgling MTV station. The video remains a tribute to women around the world. He was also hired to direct her 1983 HBO concert "A Hot Summers Night...", after that he was in high demand as music video director. He also shot two of singer Whitney Houston's videos, "How Will I Know" (1985) and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (1987).
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2020
Lennon's Last Weekend
Movie Editor
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2017
The Worst Witch
TV show Director
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2015
The Last Lennon Interview
Movie Director of Photography
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2014
Our Girl
TV show Director
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2012
Sinbad
TV show Director
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2009
Video Killed The Radio Star
TV show Director
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2008
Britannia High
TV show Director
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2007
Life Is Wild
TV show Director
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2007
Party Animals
TV show Director
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2006
Sinchronicity
TV show Director
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2006
Waterloo Road
TV show Director
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2005
Doctor Who
TV show Director
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2004
Hex
TV show Director
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2004
Gladiatress
Movie Director
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2004
Love Bytes
TV show Director
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2004
New Tricks
TV show Director
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2003
The Human League: The Very Best Of
Movie Director
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2001
As If
TV show Director
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2000
Queen of Swords
TV show Director
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2000
Clocking Off
TV show Director
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1999
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
TV show Director
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1999
The Cyberstalking
Movie Director
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1998
Highlander: The Raven
TV show Director
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1998
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Movie Director
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1996
Second Noah
TV show Director
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1995
The Immortals
Movie Director
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1995
Bugs
TV show Director
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1994
Sensation
Movie Director
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1994
Day of Reckoning
Movie Director
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1993
Complex of Fear
Movie Director
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1992
Red Shoe Diaries
TV show Director
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1992
Mann & Machine
TV show Director
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1992
Darkman
Movie Director
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1991
Love Kills
Movie Director
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1991
Sweet Poison
Movie Director
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1990
She-Wolf of London
TV show Director
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1988
Olivia Down Under
Movie Writer
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1985
Video AID
Movie Director
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1984
Olivia Newton-John: Twist Of Fate
Movie Director
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1983
The Hitchhiker
TV show Director
