John Maybury
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. 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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Movies (33)
Tramps!
2023
Nothing Compares
as Self
2022
The Edge of Love
Director (Directing)
2008
The Jacket
Director (Directing)
2005
Jubilee: A Time Less Golden
as Interviewee
2003
Salò: Fade to Black
as Self
2001
Museum of Memory
Director (Directing)
1999
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Director (Directing)
1998
Read Only Memory
Director (Directing)
1998
Maledicta Electronica
Director (Directing)
1996
Genetron
Director (Directing)
1996
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
Director (Directing)
1994
Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some
Director (Directing)
1994
Premonitions Of Absurd Perversion In Sexual Personae, Part 1
Director (Directing)
1992
Man to Man
Director (Directing)
1992
Tunnel of Love
Director (Directing)
1991
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
as Self
1991
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Director (Directing)
1990
Absurd
Director (Directing)
1989
Sinéad O'Connor: The Value of Ignorance
Director (Directing)
1989
The Last of England
Editor (Editing)
1987
Big Love: An Invitation to Disaster
Director (Directing)
1987
The Queen Is Dead
Director (Directing)
1986
Tortures That Laugh
Director (Directing)
1986
The Dream Machine
Director (Directing)
1986
Union Jack Up
Director (Directing)
1985
Unclean
Director (Directing)
1984
Pagan Idolatry
Director (Directing)
1984
Glistening with Energy
Director (Directing)
1984
Circus Logic I-IV
Director (Directing)
1983
The Court of Miracles
Director (Directing)
1982
The Technology of Souls
Director (Directing)
1981
The Alternative Miss World
as Self
1980
