Grant Gee was born in Plymouth, UK, in 1964. He has directed documentaries exploring music, literature, and the lives of artists, including Meeting People Is Easy (1998), which chronicled the tour of the rock group Radiohead. His major directorial works include Joy Division (2007), Patience (2012), Innocence of Memories (2015), and The Gold Machine (2022). Everybody Digs Bill Evans is his debut feature fiction film, for which he won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival.