
Anton Corbijn
Authors · Directors · graphic designer · photographer · postage stamp designer
Dutch film director, video director and photographer (born 1955)
About Anton Corbijn
Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑntɔ ɲoːˈɦɑnəs ˈxɛrɪt kɔrˈbɛiɱ vɑɱ ˌʋɪlənsˈʋaːrt]; born 20 May 1955) is a Dutch photographer, film director, and music video director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both bands over three decades. His music videos include Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" (1990), U2's "One" (version 1) (1991), Bryan Adams' "Do I Have to Say the Words?", Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" (1993), Travis's "Re-Offender" (2003) and Coldplay's "Talk" (2005) and "Viva la Vida" (2008).
He directed the Ian Curtis biographical film Control (2007); The American (2010); A Most Wanted Man (2014), based on John le Carré's 2008 novel of the same name; and Life (2015), based on the friendship between Life magazine photographer Dennis Stock and James Dean.
Quick facts
- Known for
- De Wereld Draait Door, Classic Albums, A Most Wanted Man
- Born
- 1955-05-20
- Artist type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Strijen
- Associated area
- Netherlands
- Active period
- 1955-05-20
- MusicBrainz description
- photography
- Music tags
- dutch, netherlands, néerlandais, pays-bas, photographe, photographer
- ISNI
- 0000000117801507
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