Brett Gregory
Directing
- Born
- October 14, 1971 (age 55) · UK
Raised on a council estate in Nottinghamshire throughout the 70s and 80s but based in Manchester since 2000, former lecturer in Film and Cultural Studies, Brett Gregory, has been an independent filmmaker since 2005.
As well as short dramas, music videos and commercial promos, his filmography includes a trilogy of non-profit music documentary features: 'Iceland: Beyond Sigur Ros' (2010), 'Manchester: Beyond Oasis' (2012) and 'Liverpool: Beyond The Beatles' (2015).
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In turn, his multi-award-winning debut feature film, 'Nobody Loves You and You Don't Deserve to Exist', was released to international acclaim in 2022, and can be described as a semi-autobiographical exploration of masculinity, morality, identity, social class and storytelling in the North of England.
As writer/director his short film adaptation of Franz Kafka's classic parable 'Before the Law' won Best Short Film Director at the FICIMAD Film Festival in Madrid in February 2025.
His latest production is 'Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street', a 40 minute documentary which examines 76 year old Peter Street's remarkable life as a slaughterman, a gravedigger and a war poet in the north of England.
Known for
Nobody Loves You and You Don't Deserve to Exist
May 1, 2022
Iceland: Beyond Sigur Rós
January 21, 2010
Manchester: Beyond Oasis
July 25, 2012
Liverpool: Beyond the Beatles
December 29, 2014
The Atheist
November 19, 2012
Manchester Gothic ‘The Slaughterhouse’
Before The Law
August 14, 2024
Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street
July 4, 2025
Behind the camera8
- 2025Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street Director
- 2024Before The Law Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Casting, Props, Costume Design, Storyboard Artist, Foley Artist, Sound Mixer, Administration
- 2022Nobody Loves You and You Don't Deserve to Exist Editor, Casting, Art Direction, Director, Writer, Producer
- 2014Liverpool: Beyond the Beatles Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- 2012The Atheist Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
- 2012Manchester: Beyond Oasis Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- 2010Iceland: Beyond Sigur Rós Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
- TBAManchester Gothic ‘The Slaughterhouse’ Director, Writer, Editor