Bruce Gowers Explained

Bruce Gowers
Birth Date:21 December 1940
Birth Place:West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death Place:Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation:Television director, producer

Bruce Gowers (21 December 1940 – 15 January 2023) was a British television director and producer, best known for his work on large-scale live music and event productions.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Life and career

Gowers was born in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland on 21 December 1940.[5] [6] He started his career in his native United Kingdom, where his music video for Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" brought him international recognition, leading to his relocation to the United States in the late 1970s.

His career included credits for the live episodes of American Idol (2001–2010) which he directed from its inception, and awards shows including the Emmys, the MTV Video Music Awards, the Billboard Awards, and the American Music Awards, event specials including Live Earth, Live 8, and President Bill Clinton's Inaugural Concert at the Lincoln Memorial. He also directed musical specials for Michael Jackson and the Jacksons, the Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart, and Britney Spears.[7]

Gowers died of an acute respiratory infection in Santa Monica, California, on 15 January 2023, at the age of 82.[8]

Television series

Music

2009 Emmy Award Winner – Best Musical Variety Director. 5 Emmy Award nominations, DGA Award nominee

Comedy

Kids

Misc.

Award shows

Television specials

Music

30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years (CBS) 2001

La Luna Concert (PBS) 2000

There's No Place Like Home (FOX) 2000

One Night Only (CBS) 1999

The Dance (MTV) 1997 B DGA & EMMY Nominee for Best Director

Bridges to Babylon (Pay Per View) 1997

Don't Stop the Carnival (HBO) 1985

Comedy

Cats, Cops and Stuff (HBO) 1990 – Ace Award nominee 1991

"I'm Exhausted" (HBO) 1988

Miscellaneous specials

Videos

Selected music videos directed by Bruce Gowers:

YearSongArtistNotes
1973"Keep Yourself Alive"Queen
"Liar"
1975"Bohemian Rhapsody"
"I'm Not in Love"10cc
"In Dulce Jubilo"Mike Oldfield
1976"You're My Best Friend"Queen
"Somebody to Love"
"Robbery, Assault, and Battery"Genesis
"Ripples..."
"A Trick of the Tail"
"I'm Mandy Fly Me"10cc
"Rockaria!"Electric Light Orchestra
"Hot Stuff"The Rolling Stones
"Hey Negrita"
"Fool to Cry"
"The Killing of Georgie"Rod Stewart
"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
1977"The First Cut Is the Deepest"
"Tie Your Mother Down"Queen
"How Much Love"Leo Sayer
"Stayin' Alive"The Bee Gees
"How Deep is Your Love"
"You're Insane"Rod Stewart
"You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"
1978"I Was Only Joking"
"Hot Legs"
"Baby Come Back"Player[9]
"Emotion"Samantha Sang
"Dust in the Wind"Kansas
"Lights"Journey
"Life Beyond L.A."Ambrosia[10]
"How Much I Feel"[11]
"I'm Every Woman"Chaka Khan[12]
"How You Gonna See Me Now"Alice Cooper
"Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)"Styx
"Sing for the Day"
"I'm OK"
"I Love the Nightlife"Alicia Bridges
"Love Don't Live Here Anymore"Rose Royce
"Reunited"Peaches & Herb
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"Rod Stewart
1979"Ain't Love a Bitch"
"Blondes (Have More Fun)"
"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"Journey
"Lovin' You is Easy"
"Just the Same Way"
"Turn Me On"The Tubes
"TV is King"
"Prime Time"
"The Logical Song"Supertramp
"Goodbye Stranger"
"Breakfast in America"
"La dolce Vita"Sparks
"The Number One Song in Heaven"
"Dancing Jones"Nicolette Larson
"Small Paradise"John Cougar
"I Need a Lover"
"Miami"
"99"Toto
"Rock with You"Michael Jackson
1980"She's Out of My Life"
"Hydra"Toto
"St. George and the Dragon"
"All Us Boys"
"Ride Like the Wind"Christopher Cross
"This Time"John Cougar
1981"Ain't Even Done with the Night"
"Tom Sawyer"Rush
"Vital Signs"
"Limelight"
"Controversy"Prince
"Sexuality"
"Nightwalker"Gino Vannelli
"Winning"Santana
"Searchin'"
"I Love You Too Much"
"E Papa Re"
"Changes"
"Over and Over"
"A World Without Heroes"KISS
1982"I"
"Keep the Fire Burnin'"REO Speedwagon
"Sweet Time"
"Girl With the Heart of Gold"
"I'll Follow You"
"The Key"
"Back in My Heart Again"
"Stillness of the Night"
"Good Trouble"
"1999"Prince
"Jack and Diane"John Cougar
"Hurts So Good"
1983"Waiting for Your Love"Toto
1984"The Heart of Rock & Roll"Huey Lewis and the News
"I Don't Want to Talk About It"Rod Stewart
1987"In My Dreams"REO Speedwagon
1993"People Everyday"Arrested Development
1996"Why Does It Hurt So Bad"Whitney Houston
2005"(Is This the Way to) Amarillo"Tony Christie and Peter Kay

Filmography

Documentaries

Television pilots

Awards

Grammy Award winner:

Emmy Award winner :

Emmy nominations:American Idol (2006, 2007), Genius: A Night for Ray Charles (2004), Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (1997)

DGA Award winner:

DGA Award nominations:American Idol (2006), Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (1997)

Ace Award winner:

Monitor Award winner:

Monitor Award nominations:The MTV Video Music Awards, Robin Williams: An Evening at The Met (HBO) 1988, The Kidsongs TV Show (PBS) 1988

NAACP Image Award winner:

Golden Harp Award winner:Finnan Games

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20130130124138/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/92238/Bruce-Gowers
  2. http://www.inbaseline.com/person.aspx?person_id=4004825
  3. Web site: MVDbase. Mvdbase.com. 3 May 2023. 19 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121119191147/http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Gowers&first=Bruce. dead.
  4. Web site: Bruce Gowers Biography ((?)-). Flmreference.com. 3 May 2023.
  5. News: Bruce Gowers obituary . 24 January 2023 . The Times . 24 January 2023.
  6. Web site: Bruce Gowers . https://web.archive.org/web/20190402200300/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f243e9c . dead . 2 April 2019 . British Film Institute . 18 January 2023.
  7. Web site: 2023-01-20 . Bruce Gowers obituary . 2023-01-22 . the Guardian . en.
  8. News: Evans . Greg . Bruce Gowers Dies: Groundbreaking Music Video Director Of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" Was 82 . 18 January 2023 . Yahoo! News . 17 January 2023.
  9. Web site: Baby Come Back . IMDb.com . 28 May 2020.
  10. Web site: Life Beyond L.A. . IMDb.com . 28 May 2020.
  11. Web site: How Much I Feel . IMDb.com . 28 May 2020.
  12. Web site: Khan. Chaka. I'm Every Woman. Mvdbase.com. 8 December 2014.

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