
John Maybury
Known for DirectingBorn 1958-03-25 (age 68)London, England, UK
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.Read more
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Absurd
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Absurd
1989 · Movie
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Union Jack Up
1985 · Movie
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Waiting for Waiting for Godot
1982 · Movie
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The Court of Miracles
1982 · Movie
Genetron
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Genetron
1996 · Movie
Premonitions Of Absurd Perversion In Sexual Personae, Part 1
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Premonitions Of Absurd Perversion In Sexual Personae, Part 1
1992 · Movie
Glistening with Energy
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Glistening with Energy
1984 · Movie
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Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some
1994 · Movie
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Rome
2005 · Series
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Tramps!
2023 · Movie
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Nothing Compares
2022 · Movie
Tunnel of Love
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Tunnel of Love
1991 · Movie
Tortures That Laugh
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Tortures That Laugh
1986 · Movie
Pagan Idolatry
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Pagan Idolatry
1984 · Movie
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The Borgias
2011 · Series
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Marco Polo
2014 · Series
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Sinéad O'Connor: The Value of Ignorance
1989 · Movie
Salò: Fade to Black
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Salò: Fade to Black
2001 · Movie
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The Jacket
2005 · Movie
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Dates
2013 · Series
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The Edge of Love
2008 · Movie
Jubilee: A Time Less Golden
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Jubilee: A Time Less Golden
2003 · Movie
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998 · Movie
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The Last of England
1987 · Movie
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ScreenPlay
1986 · Series
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Read Only Memory
1998 · Movie
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The Alternative Miss World
1980 · Movie
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The Dream Machine
1986 · Movie
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Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
1994 · Movie
Maledicta Electronica
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Maledicta Electronica
1996 · Movie

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The Queen Is Dead
2024 · Movie
Museum of Memory
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Museum of Memory
1999 · Movie

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Man to Man
1992 · Movie

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Derek Jarman: A Portrait
1991 · Movie

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Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990 · Movie
Big Love: An Invitation to Disaster
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Big Love: An Invitation to Disaster
1987 · Movie
Unclean
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Unclean
1984 · Movie
Circus Logic I-IV
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Circus Logic I-IV
1983 · Movie

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The Technology of Souls
1981 · Movie
Glamour Is an Asset
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Glamour Is an Asset
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