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Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn

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.

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Known For

  • Control
  • Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
  • The American
  • Depeche Mode: One Night in Paris
  • Depeche Mode: Devotional
  • Coldplay: Unstaged Live From Madrid
  • Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
  • Linear
  • A Most Wanted Man
  • Depeche Mode: The Videos 86-98
  • The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
  • Depeche Mode: Live in Berlin
  • Life
  • Depeche Mode: Strange
  • Depeche Mode: Strange Too
  • U2: Achtung Baby: A Classic Album Under Review
  • Kleinste Kortste Film
  • Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection
  • Switzerland
  • Spirits in the Forest
  • Joy Division: Here Are the Young Men
  • LiVE SPiRiTS Depeche Mode At The Waldbühne
  • Depeche Mode: LiVE SPiRiTS
  • Depeche Mode: Alive in Berlin