The director of QUEEN‘s iconic Bohemian Rhapsody video has died

19 January 2023

Bruce Gowers, who directed videos for RUSH, JOURNEY, PRINCE, SUPERTRAMP, MICHAEL JACKSON and, most famously, QUEEN's iconic promo for Bohemian Rhapsody, has died, aged 82.

The British director died on January 15 in Santa Monica, California of complications from an acute respiratory infection, his family announced.

Gowers' video for Bohemian Rhapsody, filmed in under four hours at the BBC's Elstree Studios in London in November 1975, was the first video ever show on Top Of The Pops.

Gowers directed RUSH's videos for Limelight and Tom Sawyer, Rod Stewart's video for Hot Legs, 10CC's video for I'm Not In Love, and PRINCE's video for 1999.