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John Maybury
Director

John Maybury

25 Mar 1958Born
68Age
33Credits
London, England, UKBirthplace

Biography

John Maybury (born 25 March 1958) is an English filmmaker and artist. He first came to prominence as the director of the music video for the Pet Shop Boys 1984 single "West End Girls". In 2005 he was named as one of the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain.

During the 1980s, Maybury produced a number of short films and music videos including for Sinéad O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U", which was voted #35 in a Channel 4 poll of the greatest pop music videos and received various awards, and "West End Girls" by the Pet Shop Boys, a defining 1980s video.

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In 1998, Maybury produced his first full-length feature Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, a biopic on the life of painter Francis Bacon starring Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, he directed The Jacket with Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley. In 2008 his film The Edge of Love, a biopic on the life of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas starring Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys and Keira Knightley premiered. He also directed the final episode of the HBO/BBC Rome series.

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Filmography

  1. TBAGlamour Is an AssetFilm: Director
  2. 2023Tramps!Film
  3. 2014Marco PoloSeries: Director (2 episodes)
  4. 2013DatesSeries: Director (2 episodes)
  5. 2011The BorgiasSeries: Director (4 episodes)
  6. 2008The Edge of LoveFilm: Director
  7. 2005RomeSeries: Director (2 episodes)
  8. 2005The JacketFilm: Director
  9. 2003Jubilee: A Time Less GoldenFilm: Interviewee
  10. 1999Museum of MemoryFilm: Director
  11. 1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconFilm: Director, Screenplay
  12. 1998Read Only MemoryFilm: Director
  13. 1996Maledicta ElectronicaFilm: Director
  14. 1996GenetronFilm: Director
  15. 1994Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual LiesFilm: Director, Writer
  16. 1994Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then SomeFilm: Director
  17. 1992Premonitions Of Absurd Perversion In Sexual Personae, Part 1Film: Director
  18. 1992Man to ManFilm: Director
  19. 1991Tunnel of LoveFilm: Director
  20. 1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterFilm: Director
  21. 1989AbsurdFilm: Director
  22. 1989Sinéad O'Connor: The Value of IgnoranceFilm: Director
  23. 1987Big Love: An Invitation to DisasterFilm: Director
  24. 1986ScreenPlaySeries: Director (1 episode)
  25. 1986Tortures That LaughFilm: Director
  26. 1986The Dream MachineFilm: Director
  27. 1985Union Jack UpFilm: Director
  28. 1984UncleanFilm: Director
  29. 1984Pagan IdolatryFilm: Director
  30. 1984Glistening with EnergyFilm: Director
  31. 1983Circus Logic I-IVFilm: Director
  32. 1982The Court of MiraclesFilm: Director
  33. 1981The Technology of SoulsFilm: Director

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