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grant gee

grant gee is a film maker , photographer and cinematographer currently living in brighton .
he was born in plymouth and studied geography at st catherine 's college , oxford .
he is most noted for his documentary about the british alternative rock group radiohead , `` meeting people is easy '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , which followed the band on their tour for their highly acclaimed third album , `` ok computer '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- .
in the early 1990s he had worked on u2 's zoo tv and zoo radio , and collaborated with mark neale on several projects -lrb- many through london production company kudos productions -rrb- , including `` the memory palace '' , an experimental multi-media project combining film and live performance for the expo ' 92 .
in 1996 he directed a twenty-seven minute short film commissioned by progressive house band spooky for parts of their album `` found sound '' -lrb- namely the tracks `` central heating '' , `` bamboo '' , `` aphonia '' , `` lowest common denominator '' , `` hypo-allergenic '' / `` interim '' -rrb- .
the film was displayed on a continuous loop outside the centre georges pompidou as part of its re-opening .
in 2000 he filmed the entirety of the meltdown festival , curated that year by scott walker .
his short , more or less experimental films , including the onedotzero-commissioned `` tel aviv city symphony '' , the documentary `` jc-03 '' about john cale at work , and the dance film `` torsion '' choreographed by russell maliphant , have been shown internationally as part of touring packages by the british council , onedotzero and film and video umbrella .
in april 2006 the creative commons-licensed film project a swarm of angels announced that gee has joined the project team as director of photography .
in 2007 , he made a short film called `` western lands '' .
this was a ten-minute film about climbing the `` old man of hoy '' .
in november 2010 grant received funding from the uk film council ` new career in a new town : david bowie in berlin ' - a music documentary on bowie 's berlin period .
in january 2011 , gee completed his film , `` patience : after sebald '' - `` unravelling sebald 's `` the rings of saturn '' '' which was accepted by the vancouver international film festival and the new york film festival .
