English filmmaker and activist Stuart Marshall was BOTD in 1949. Born in Manchester, he studied art at Hornsey College of Art and the University of Wales, before completing post-graduate studies in composition and ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University in the United States. Returning to England in the mid 1970s, he became an early exponent of video art installations and performances, and was a founder member of the collective London Video Arts. He made a number of documentary films about gay representation and homophobia throughout the 1980s, many of which were commissioned and broadcast by the newly formed TV network Channel 4. He is best known for his films Bright Eyes and Over Our Dead Bodies, exploring misrepresentations of gay identity in the midst of the HIV/AIDS crisis and Thatcher government’s homophobic Section 28 law. His other work focused on gay history, including 1989’s Desire, which explored the Nazi persecution of gay men during World War Two. He also taught at the Chelsea School of Art, the Royal College of Art and Newcastle Polytechnic, mentoring gay artists including Neil Bartlett. Diagnosed with HIV in the 1980s, he joined the activist group Positively Happy, advocating for patient choice and the expansion of alternative medical options for people living with HIV/AIDS. Marshall was married to Jane Harrison, remaining on friendly terms after their separation, and was in a long-term relationship with Royston Edwards. He died in 1993, aged 44.