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 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).

Works

Doctor Who

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

Release Date2005-03-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count3245

New Tricks

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.

Release Date2004-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count57

The Worst Witch

Mayhem and mishaps follow young witch Mildred Hubble wherever she goes. She just can't help it! But with her friends' help, Mildred always manages to avoid disaster just in time.

Release Date2017-01-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count13

Vote Count200

Red Shoe Diaries

Jake takes out an ad in the newspaper after the suicide of his unfaithful fiancée, in an effort to understand the reasons for the betrayal. By soliciting the secret diaries of other women, he hopes to find some reconciliation with the truth.

Release Date1992-06-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count31

The Hitchhiker

A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.

Release Date1983-11-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count32

The Cyberstalking

Aspiring songstress Holly Moon admires the famous diva "Samantha" and attempts to sneak her own act on stage, in the same elite futuristic techno club. With a weird stroke of luck, Holly succeeds, but is unaware that "Samantha" really appears only with the help of an illegal, secret military computer program. The program uses the imagination of a real person to create a total virtual reality environment. At the club, the MC introduces Holly with the line, "Welcome to the Imagination of Holly Moon." A fantastic environment and performance unfolds from within the subject's own lofty aspirations. Holly also doesn't know that a "glitch" in the program has murdered the real "Samantha," and that she, Holly Moon is slated as its next victim.

Release Date1999-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count9

Sensation

Lila a college student discovers a latent ability to see into the past. When a professor hires her for some psychological tests she becomes the target of the killer of the woman she sees in her dreams.

Release Date1994-06-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count16

Bugs

Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and science-fiction, involved a team of specialist independent crime-fighting technology experts, who faced a variety of threats based around computers and other modern technology. It was originally broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC One, and was produced for the BBC by the independent production company Carnival Films.

Release Date1995-04-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count16

The Immortals

An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed chases in this powerful action-thriller. Recruited by a Mafia nightclub owner (Eric Roberts), 4 teams launch a brutal cross-town attack to retrieve suitcases full of cash. But as the violence escalates, the team members discover just who their real target has been all along - and the shocking truth they have in common.

Release Date1995-10-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count33

Sweet Poison

A convict on the run from the law kidnaps a couple who are on their way to a funeral. He finds that he got more than he bargained for when he realizes the man's sexy wife is falling for him.

Release Date1991-06-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Hex

The show opens with a girl who yearns to be popular and liked in her school. She wishes she was in the "in-crowd", however, she goes about unnoticed in school everyday. The only girl who truly notices her is her best friend Thelma. For some strange reason though, Cassie feels like she is being followed by a man. This is only the beginning of her problem...

Release Date2004-10-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count17

Vote Count61

Darkman

A 30-minute unaired television movie pilot based on the original Sam Raimi's 1990 Darkman movie.

Release Date1992-02-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Gladiatress

Three unlikely heroines set out to thwart a Roman invasion and save Celtic Britain in their own unique and outrageous style.

Release Date2004-08-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count25

Queen of Swords

Queen of Swords is an action–adventure television series set in California during the early 19th century that ran for one season, from 2000 to 2001. The series premiered October 7, 2000. After filming had been completed on 22 episodes and the first eight episodes were broadcast, the series was canceled.

Release Date2000-10-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count5

Life Is Wild

The story of a dysfunctional blended family from New York who moves to a rural South African town and finds they must rely on each other more than they ever did back home.

Release Date2007-10-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count5

Highlander: The Raven

Highlander: The Raven was a short-lived spin-off from the television series Highlander, continuing the saga of a female Immortal. The series followed the character of Amanda, an Immortal who had a recurring role in Highlander: The Series. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Paris, France and was produced by Gaumont Télévision and Fireworks Media in association with Davis-Panzer Productions.

Release Date1998-09-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count24

Video AID

Release Date1985-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Mann & Machine

Mann & Machine is an American science fiction/police drama series that aired for nine episodes on NBC from April 5, 1992 to July 14, 1992.

Release Date1992-04-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Sinchronicity

Sinchronicity is a six-part drama series broadcast on BBC Three in the United Kingdom. Set in Manchester, the programme is narrated by Nathan and focuses on the love triangle of him, Fi, and Jase. The programme is executive produced by Julian Murphy, who was an executive producer on Channel 4's As If and Sugar Rush and Sky One's Hex. Stylistically similar to As If, following a non-linear narrative, it also features ex-cast members Paul Chequer, Jemima Rooper and Mark Smith and, as such, can be seen as its spiritual successor. The theme tune is "Boys Will Be Boys" by the Ordinary Boys. The show was filmed in high definition and was re-run on BBC HD in mid-October 2006.

Release Date2006-07-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count5

A Hot Summer Night with Donna

This 90 minute show captured Donna Summer's 1983 "Hard For The Money" Tour, and was recorded at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. The full track listing is Macarthur Park, Love Is In Control, Unconditional Love (with Musical Youth), Romeo, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, On The Radio, Woman, One Night Only, Stop In The Name Of Love, a medley of (a) Dim All The Lights (b) Sunset People (c) Bad Girls (d) Hot Stuff, followed by Last Dance, She Works Hard For The Money, State Of Independence. Donna Summers at her peak and her finest.

Release Date1983-10-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Clayhanger

Clayhanger is a British television drama based on Arnold Bennett's novel series of the same name, published between 1910 and 1918, dramatised by Douglas Livingstone for ITV. Produced by Associated Television, the 26-episode programme is a coming-of-age story set in 19th century England. Edwin Clayhanger aspires to be an architect but is expected to join his father's printing business. His personal growth, eventual acceptance of the family business, and his romantic entanglement with Hilda Lessways are explored. Clayhanger was ITV's longest-ever drama at the time. While some found the pacing slow, it was nonetheless praised for its faithful adaptation, excellent acting, and atmospheric sets.

Release Date1976-01-01

DepartmentCamera

JobCamera Operator

Episode Count20

Vote Count1

Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord

Follows the discoveries of reporters after the disappearance of the 7th Earl of Lucan, Richard John Bingham after the murder of his children's nanny.

Release Date1998-01-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Day of Reckoning

Action-adventure following a onetime Special Forces Captain in Vietnam turned tour guide in remote parts of Asia, who, while on a trek with two researchers in the Burmese jungle, meets up with a wartime enemy intent on settling an old score.

Release Date1994-03-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Lennon's Last Weekend

In December 1980, John Lennon and Yoko Ono had not spoken to the media for more than five years. With a new album to promote Lennon was prepared to speak in New York to Radio One D.J. Andy Peebles of the BBC. John surprised everyone by candidly discussing a variety of subjects he'd never spoken of before including The Beatles break-up, his relationship with Paul McCartney, his battles with addiction, political issues in the US and UK, his family and his homesickness for Liverpool. Lennon's heartfelt honesty and forthright revelations make this film all the more potent as he was brutally shot and murdered 48 hours later. John Lennon was just 40 years of age when he died. December 2020 is the 40th anniversary of his death. He would have been 80 years of age.

Release Date2020-10-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count4

Love Kills

Glamorous fashion photographer Rebecca is getting even. Angered by her husband's infidelity, she takes a lover - a mysterious hunk she fist met during a photo shoot. He's exciting. He's handsome. And, after a night of lovemaking, he confesses he's a hit man hired by her husband to kill her. The stranger also says he's had a change of heart and wants to be Rebecca's protector. But Rebecca's husband, a renowned psychologist, insists the man is a former patient with a hidden, twisted agenda. Both men can't be right. Both could be lying. As the circle of suspense closes in on her, one thing is clear to Rebecca. Any choice she makes could be more than wrong...it could be fatal.

Release Date1991-11-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

Complex of Fear

Condominium residents are terrified when they learn that two of their neighbors have been brutally raped and that the culprit may be living in their midst. A police manhunt ensues. One officer, who actually lives in the complex, is particularly troubled, for not only do the incidents cause his wife to admit that she was a victim of date rape, he is also the one who had a chance to kill the rapist and didn't.

Release Date1993-01-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Olivia Newton-John: Let's Get Physical

A collection of Olivia's videos mainly from her 1981 album Physical. Brian Grant directed these innovative musical videos, this was pre-MTV and won the 1982 Grammy for best video. Said to cost half a million dollars to produce, it was filmed in California (at Olivia's house), London and Hawaii. It boasted 35 per cent of the US viewing audience when it first aired. Tracklist 1 Intro 2 Rolling 3 Landslide 4 Magic 5 Physical 6 Carried Away 7 A Little More Love 8 Recovery 9 The Promise (The Dolphin Song) 10 Love Make Me Strong 11 Stranger's Touch 12 Make A Move On Me 13 Falling 14 Silvery Rain 15 Hopelessly Devoted

Release Date1982-02-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

Olivia Newton-John: In Concert

1982 concert taped for HBO: Songs Include : "Deeper Than The Night" "Let Me Be There" "Please Mister Please" "If You Love Me Let Me Know" "Jolene" "Sam" "Xanadu" "Magic" "Suddenly" "A Little More Love" "Silvery Rain" "Falling" "Heart Attack" "Make A Move On Me" "Hopelessly Devoted To You" "You're The One That I Want" "Physical" "I Honestly Love You"

Release Date1983-01-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

The Human League: The Very Best Of

The Very Best of the Human League is a DVD by veteran British Synthpop group The Human League, containing most of the band’s music videos recorded up to that point, digitally re-mastered. The only music video missing is Filling up with Heaven from 1995 which was excluded due to a licensing fee dispute between Virgin Records and EastWest. The DVD also contains as bonus material 4 notable appearances on UK BBC 1 flagship music program Top of the Pops and two songs from a live set performed on BBC 2 program Later with Jools Holland in 1996.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

A Killer with Two Faces

A crazed killer escapes from an asylum and assumes the identity of his twin brother, a famous and respected architect.

Release Date1974-12-03

DepartmentCamera

JobCamera Operator

The Last Lennon Interview

Two days before John Lennon was shot, British journalist Andy Peebles did a long radio interview with Lennon and Yoko Ono, and now explains what happened.

Release Date2015-12-08

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography