Brian Gorman Biography

Who does Brian Gorman think he is?

Born in 1964 in Wigan, UK, Brian is a writer, artist & film-maker, currently residing in Chester.

He has a B.A. (Hons.) degree from Liverpool University.

As an actor he has appeared in professional stage productions, television, plus corporate & educational videos.

He also writes and directs short independent films (which have involved George Costigan of 'Rita, Sue, and Bob Too' fame, Desmond Llewelyn who played 'Q' in the Bond movies, and Kate Fitzgerald from 'Brookside'). Brian also writes theatre & film reviews for the Liverpool Daily Post, the Big Issue, and local newspapers, and his first book 'Paying the Price - The True Story of Alan & Judith Kilshaw 'The Internet Baby Couple'' helped to get him a london literary agent (lorella belli agency). He is also a freelance artist with two gallery exhibitions under his belt.

Writers that Brian likes:
David Lynch, Brian Clemens, Patrick McGoohan, Terrance Dicks, Russell T Davies, Troy Kennedy Martin, Ian McEwan, Joseph Conrad, John Keats, William Wordsworth, Harold Pinter, Nigel Kneale, William Shakespeare, Bryan Talbot, Phillip K Dick, Ian Fleming, Alan Moore, Jamie Delano, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson, and Bruce Robinson.

TV and films that float Brian's boat:
Quatermass, Doctor Who, UFO, Edge of Darkness, The Avengers, The Prisoner, Our Friends in the North, The Second Coming, The Office, the James Bond films, the Jason Bourne films, Blade Runner, Memento and Tarkovsky, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Takeshi Kitano and Nicholas Roeg films.

Music to Brian's ears:
Duran Duran, U2, Kate Bush, Tindersticks, Nirvana, R.E.M., Suede, British Sea Power, John Barry, Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin, David Bowie, The Smiths, Morrissey, The Waterboys.