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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1949-08-01
- event Death Date 1995-02-14
- school Known for: Directing
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- info Birth Place Tenterden, England, UK
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Stonewall
1995-12-26
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The Lost Language of Cranes
1992-02-09
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The Tip of the Iceberg
1989-01-27
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The Confessions of Robert Crumb
1987-02-13
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Miller Meets Mandela
1991-01-18
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Oooh Er Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story
1990-06-01
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Voices from the Island
1994-04-23
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The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
1982-01-19
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Arena: Dire Straits
1980-12-22
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Chelsea Hotel
1981-01-03
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Robert Mapplethorpe
1988-03-18
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Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
1978-11-02
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Paris Is Burning
1991-03-13
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Martín Chambi and the Heirs of the Incas
1986-01-01
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Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon
1991-04-05
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The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985-12-03
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Children of the Gods
1978-04-12
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Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
1985-04-08
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Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
1978-11-02
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Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes
1983-03-08
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Stonewall
1995-12-26
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Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
1991-03-16
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The Vampyr: A Soap Opera
1992-12-02
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The Errand
1980-01-01
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My Way
1979-03-12
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Blackpool Wakes
1989-01-13
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The Rolling Stones: 25x5 - The Continuing Adventures of The Rolling Stones
1993-12-03
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BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988-01-08
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Arena
1975-10-01
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Arena
1975-10-01
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Arena
1975-10-01
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Bergerac
1981-10-18