Duncan Gibbins (13 October 1952 – 3 November 1993) was a British film and music video director, as well as a screenwriter.
[3] On 3 November 1993, Gibbins died as a result of third degree burns he received from a fire at the home he was renting.
Before coming to the US in the mid-1980s, he produced and directed a few documentaries for the BBC and made music videos for such groups as the Eurythmics and Wham!.
In 1991, Gibbins released Eve of Destruction, an action thriller film starring Gregory Hines about a female scientist who creates a sexy android version of herself and equips it with both the passionate emotions she lacks and also a nuclear bomb, then the trouble begins.
[8] On 3 November 1993, Gibbins narrowly escaped a wildfire that was roaring through Malibu, including surrounding mountains and canyons, and was engulfing the home he was renting.