Nigel Finch

Directing·Aug 1, 1949·Tenterden, England, UK

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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.

Film	Credit
Stonewall1995 · Director	Director
The Ring - A South London Tale1994 · Self, Director	Self, Director
The Rolling Stones: 25x5 - The Continuing Adventures of The Rolling Stones1993 · Director	Director
TThe Vampyr: A Soap Opera1992 · Director	Director
The Lost Language of Cranes1992 · Director	Director
Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon1991 · Director	Director
Blackpool Wakes1989 · Producer	Producer
Robert Mapplethorpe1988 · Director	Director
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain1985 · Director	Director
Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes1983 · Director	Director
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina1982 · Director	Director
CChelsea Hotel1981 · Director	Director
Arena: Dire Straits1980 · Director	Director
The Errand1980 · Director	Director
My Way1979 · Director	Director
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood1978 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
CChildren of the Gods1978 · Director	Director