
Person
Anton Corbijn
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 20, 1955
- From
- Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑntɔ ɲoːˈɦɑnəsˈxɛrɪt 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). He directed the films "Viva la Vida" (2008), the Ian Curtis biographical film Control (2007), The American (2010), and A Most Wanted Man (2014), based on John le Carré's 2008 novel of the same name; and Life (2015), after the friendship between Life magazine photographer Dennis Stock and James Dean. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anton Corbijn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Images
Credits

Joy Division

Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman

Depeche Mode: The Videos 86-98

Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree

Anton Corbijn Inside Out

The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff

Depeche Mode: Strange Too

De Wereld Draait Door

Classic Albums

Unknown Brood

Like Tears in Rain

Depeche Mode: 1987–88 “Sometimes You Do Need Some New Jokes…”

Depeche Mode: 1991–1994 “We Were Going to Live Together, Record Together… and It Was Going to Be Wonderful…”
Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey

Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven

Depeche Mode - Strange & Strange Too