About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1958-03-25
Place of birth:
London, England, UK
Website:
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John Maybury

Overview

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. 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.

Known for

Acting
2023 Tramps! Actor N/A
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2022 Nothing Compares Actor Self 60
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2003 Jubilee: A Time Less Golden Actor Interviewee 59
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2001 Salò: Fade to Black Actor Self 59
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1991 Derek Jarman: A Portrait Actor Self N/A
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1980 The Alternative Miss World Actor Self 58
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Directing
2008 The Edge of Love Directing Director 60
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2005 The Jacket Directing Director 66
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1999 Museum of Memory Directing Director N/A
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1998 Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Directing Director 58
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1998 Read Only Memory Directing Director 58
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1996 Maledicta Electronica Directing Director 58
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1996 Genetron Directing Director N/A
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1994 Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies Directing Director 58
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1994 Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some Directing Director N/A
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1992 Premonitions Of Absurd Perversion In Sexual Personae, Part 1 Directing Director N/A
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1992 Man to Man Directing Director N/A
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1991 Tunnel of Love Directing Director N/A
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1990 Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter Directing Director N/A
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1989 Absurd Directing Director N/A
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1989 Sinéad O'Connor: The Value of Ignorance Directing Director 58
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1987 Big Love: An Invitation to Disaster Directing Director N/A
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1986 The Queen Is Dead Directing Director 58
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1986 Tortures That Laugh Directing Director N/A
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1986 The Dream Machine Directing Director 59
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1985 Union Jack Up Directing Director N/A
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1984 Glistening with Energy Directing Director N/A
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1984 Pagan Idolatry Directing Director N/A
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1984 Unclean Directing Director N/A
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1983 Circus Logic I-IV Directing Director N/A
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1982 The Court of Miracles Directing Director N/A
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1981 The Technology of Souls Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1998 Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Writing Screenplay 58
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1994 Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies Writing Writer 58
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Editing
1987 The Last of England Editing Editor 58
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