Film-maker’s novel is a real dream come true
A FILM-MAKER who is credited with getting David Gilmour his first gig with Pink Floyd has penned his first fictional novel.
Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon, 68, of The Green, Clophill who made music videos for the likes of 10CC, Squeeze and Donovan as well as cult film Syd Barrett’s First Trip, wanted to write a novel, but couldn’t think of a plot until the idea for the first chapter came to him in a dream.
He said: “I have always wanted to be a novelist but I didn’t have an idea.
“So I went to bed and I said to the universe give me an idea and I had the first chapter when I woke up.
“It just came to me in a dream.”
Nigel started his creative life as a poet and writer, but went into film-making when he met wife Jenny and wanted to settle down.
After attending film school Nigel got a job with director Hugh Hudson, who made the legendary film Chariots Of Fire.
He said: “I worked for Hugh Hudson’s company and for some reason Hugh took a shine to me, I hung out with Donovan and The Stones.
“Rock stars don’t mean anything to me and I have never been in awe of anyone, we all use the same roads.”
Nigel has also had an enduring and instrumental relationship with the band Pink Floyd, making Syd Barrett’s First Trip while still at film school and getting the band their first London gig at the Marquee Club.
He said: “Someone once said ‘Syd worships Nigel’. This was because I was a poet and he aspired to be a poet.
“He was a very beautiful young man, extremely handsome and elfin like. He was a painter and we used to go up to his house for jam sessions.”
But although Syd’s legacy in Pink Floyd has stood the test of time, he left the band in 1968 after suffering with drug problems.
Nigel said: “When Syd was really ill he used to go on stage and play other songs that the rest of the band weren’t playing.
“They were playing one night and I contacted David Gilmour and asked him to play and that was the start of David Gilmour being in Pink Floyd.”
As well as being involved with the music industry Nigel has made a number of commercials and corporate videos.
He had been involved in two books about fractal geometry the first of which was turned into a film for Channel Four featuring music by David Gilmour and content from science fiction novelist Arthur C Clarke.
Fractals are shapes that have special geometric, spiritual and artistic qualities. Nigel regularly speaks at universities on the subject and is giving a presentation at Imperial College London today.
Nigel’s latest novel Nothing and Everywhere is a comic thriller which tells the story of a young novelist searching for a book deal who finds adventure when his laptop is stolen.
He will be signing copies of the book at Waterstones, in Silver Street, Bedford on March 3 from 11am til 4pm.
Nigel said: “The exciting thing for me is that I don’t take credit for it.
“I really feel like kind of a conduit to which this stuff flows.”
He added: “It seems to come from the universal mind.”
To find out more about the novel visit www.gordonbooks.co.uk
To find out more about Nigel’s film work visit www.gordonfilms.tv
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