FILM DIRECTOR

Anton Corbijn

1955 - Today

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Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑntɔ ɲoːˈɦɑnəs ˈxɛrɪt 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); 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Corbijn is the 465th most popular film director (down from 448th in 2019), the 368th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 365th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Anton Corbijn ranks 465 out of 2,041. Before him are Sam Mendes, Jean Eustache, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Şerif Gören, Aleksandar Petrović, and David Yates. After him are David Byrne, D. J. Caruso, Walter Frentz, Curtis Hanson, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, and Michael Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Anton Corbijn ranks 141. Before him are Lindsey Graham, Sirindhorn, Andreas Gursky, Matti Vanhanen, Kevin Peter Hall, and Gloria Guida. After him are Kazuyoshi Nakamura, Jean-Hugues Anglade, David Axelrod, Daniel Bertoni, Kim Hae-sook, and James Gosling.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Anton Corbijn ranks 368 out of 1,646. Before him are Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau (1637), Gottfried van Swieten (1733), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969), Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563), and Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657). After him are Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Titus van Rijn (1641), Sharon den Adel (1974), Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931), and Hendrick de Keyser (1565).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Netherlands

Among film directors born in Netherlands, Anton Corbijn ranks 5. Before him are Paul Verhoeven (1938), Joris Ivens (1898), Theo van Gogh (1957), and Jan de Bont (1943). After him are Michaël Dudok de Wit (1953), Marleen Gorris (1948), Alex van Warmerdam (1952), Mike van Diem (1959), Tom Six (1973), Jan Kounen (1964), and Harald Zwart (1965).

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