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- TV & Filmography
- Notable music videos (Out of 225)
- References
- External links
Brian Grant is a noted British music video and television director and producer. In 1982 he co-founded MGMM Productions with Scott Millaney, Russell Mulcahy, and David Mallet. MGMM became the most successful UK production company of the 80's.[1] He started his career as a cameraman and went to become a noted music video director, he also shot many movies and television series.[2] 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, Sinbad, The Worst Witch, Our Girl (2018 TV series). He is BAFTA and Emmy nominated. He has also directed many commercials and notable music videos through the 1980s for Olivia Newton-John, Donna Summer, Peter Gabriel, Queen, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton, Kim Wilde, Whitney Houston, Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran.[3][4][4]His video for Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", won the first Video Grammy ever awarded, 25th Annual Grammy Award for Best Video of the Year.[5] He is also known for his work on the 1983 Donna Summer video "She Works Hard For The Money", the video would be nominated for Five 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.[6][7] 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).[8] TV & Filmography- The Tell Tale Heart (1984)
- The Hitchhiker (1986)
- She Woldf Of London (1990)
- Sweet Poison (1991)
- Love Kills (1991)
- The Helen Samuels Story (1992)
- Mann & Machine (1992)
- Darkman (1992)
- Complex Of Fear (1992)
- Sensation (1993)
- Day of Reckoning (1993)
- The Red Shoe Diaries (1994)
- The Second Noah (1995)
- The Immortals (1995)
- Legacy Of A Lord (1996)
- Bugs (1997)
- Highlander (1998)
- The Raven (1998)
- Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married (1999)
- Queen Of Swords (1999)
- Cyberstalking (1999)
- As If (2001)
- Clocking Off (2002)
- Gladiatress (2006)
- Hex (2003)
- Doctor Who (2004)
- Love Bytes (2004)
- Hex II (2005)
- Sinchronicity (2005)
- Party Animals (2006)
- Life Is Wild (2006)
- Britannia High (2007)
- Breaker (2008)
- The Allegation (2009)
- Project Lotus (2010)
- Sinbad (2010)
- Video Killed The Radio Star (2011)
- New Tricks (2012)
- Deadinburgh (2013)
- New Tricks (2013)
- Waterloo Road (2014)
- Video Killed The Radio Star (2015)
- The Last Lennon Interview (2016)
- The Worst Witch (2016)
- Our Girl (2018)
- Video Killed The Radio Star (2018)
Notable music videos (Out of 225)- M - "Pop Muzik" (1979)[9]
- Sparks - "Beat the Clock" (1979)
- Queen – "Play the Game" (1980)
- The Human League - "Open Your Heart" (1981)
- Kim Wilde - "Kids In America" (1981)
- Olivia Newton-John - "Physical" (1981)
- Peter Gabriel - "Shock the Monkey" (1982)
- Queen – "Back Chat" (1982)
- Queen – "Calling All Girls" (1982)
- XTC - "Senses Working Overtime" (1982)
- Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf" (1982)
- The Fixx - "Saved By Zero" (1983)
- Rod Stewart - "What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So In Love With You)" (1983)
- Bee Gees - "The Woman in You" (1983)
- Donna Summer - "She Works Hard for the Money" (1983)
- Donna Summer - "Unconditional Love" (1983)
- Duran Duran - "New Moon on Monday" (1984)
- Meat Loaf - "Modern Girl (song)" (1984)
- Aretha Franklin - "Freeway of Love" (1985)
- Whitney Houston - "How Will I Know" (1985),
- Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (1987)
- Tina Turner - "Private Dancer (Tina Turner song)" (1985)
- The Moody Blues - "Your Wildest Dreams" (1985)
- T'Pau (band) - "Only the Lonely (T'Pau song)" (1988)
Grant also directed the original "Scarlett" version of the video for Stevie Nicks' s 1983 song "Stand Back", but Nicks nixed that version, saying she didn't like the way she looked in the video, and reshot it. References 1. ^{{cite book|author1=Rob Tannenbaum|author2=Craig Marks|title=I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zrBolXPYq40C&pg=PA1974|year= 2011|publisher=Penguin Group US|isbn=978-1-101-52641-5|page=1974}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=Jerry Roberts|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&pg=PA209|date=5 June 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6378-1|pages=209–}}
3. ^{{IMDb name|id=0335283|name=Brian Grant}}
4. ^{{cite web | title = How Michael Jackson's Thriller changed music videos for ever |publisher=The Guardian| url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/21/michael-jackson-thriller-changed-music-videos |date= 21 November 2013| accessdate = 2014-02-15 }}
5. ^{{cite web | title = Past Winners: 1882: 25th Annual Grammy Awards |publisher= GRAMMY.com | url = http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1982&genre=All | accessdate = 2014-02-15 }}
6. ^http://oldschool.tblog.com/post/1971238890{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
7. ^Brain Grant:On Directing (Donna Summer) A Diva/Interview-David St.Marks/issue=February 2013/Daeida.com
8. ^1 {{cite web |title=Whitney Houston was very shy, says director Brian Grant|author=Mark Savage|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17005547 |date=12 February 2012 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=15 February 2014 }}
9. ^Golden Age of Music Video - M’s “Pop Muzik” and the Cheapo White Background Music Video
External links- {{IMDb name|id=0335283|name=Brian Grant}}
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