John Maybury

Directing·Mar 25, 1958·London, England, UK

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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.

Film	Credit
The Queen Is Dead2024 · Director	Director
Tramps!2023 · Actor	Actor
Nothing Compares2022 · Self	Self
The Edge of Love2008 · Director	Director
The Jacket2005 · Director	Director
JJubilee: A Time Less Golden2003 · Interviewee	Interviewee
SSalò: Fade to Black2001 · Self	Self
MMuseum of Memory1999 · Director	Director
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon1998 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Read Only Memory1998 · Director	Director
MMaledicta Electronica1996 · Director	Director
GGenetron1996 · Director	Director
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies1994 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some1994 · Director	Director
PPremonitions Of Absurd Perversion In Sexual Personae, Part 11992 · Director	Director
Man to Man1992 · Director	Director
TTunnel of Love1991 · Director	Director
Derek Jarman: A Portrait1991 · Self	Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter1990 · Director	Director
AAbsurd1989 · Director	Director
Sinéad O'Connor: The Value of Ignorance1989 · Director	Director
BBig Love: An Invitation to Disaster1987 · Director	Director
TTortures That Laugh1986 · Director	Director
The Dream Machine1986 · Director	Director
Union Jack Up1985 · Director	Director
UUnclean1984 · Director	Director
PPagan Idolatry1984 · Director	Director
GGlistening with Energy1984 · Director	Director
CCircus Logic I-IV1983 · Director	Director
Waiting for Waiting for Godot1982 · Self	Self
The Court of Miracles1982 · Director	Director
The Technology of Souls1981 · Director	Director
The Alternative Miss World1980 · Self	Self
GGlamour Is an AssetDirector	Director