Tarquin Gotch is a British entertainment industry executive, having worked in the music and later on in film business since the late 1970s.
Clive Davis soon made Gotch head of A&R where, as well as overseeing Simple Minds and the Thompson Twins, he signed The Stray Cats, The Beat, Elaine Paige, Fela Kuti and Rowan Atkinson.
In the mid-1980s, Gotch moved to management and built up a stable of acts including The Beat, Stephen Duffy, The Dream Academy, Hugh Harris, General Public and XTC.
Since most of these acts sold especially well in the US, he found himself frequently in Los Angeles and it was there that, through his friend Kelly Le Brock, he met the director and writer John Hughes.
During the next three and a half years, Gotch was Executive Producer on Curly Sue, “Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Dutch, Only the Lonely and Home Alone.
Gotch oversaw the production of nine TV films including Vanishing Point, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.