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Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn

Born: 1955-05-20 • 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.

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Filmography
Like Tears in Rain poster
Like Tears in Rain
2024 • Self
Depeche Mode - Strange & Strange Too poster
Depeche Mode - Strange & Strange Too
2023 • Director
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman poster
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
2023 • Self
Unknown Brood poster
Unknown Brood
2016
The Making of A Most Wanted Man poster
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
2015 • Self
Anton Corbijn Inside Out poster
Anton Corbijn Inside Out
2012 • Self
Joy Division poster
Joy Division
2009 • Self
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn poster
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
2009 • Self
Depeche Mode: The Best Of Videos Vol. 1 poster
Depeche Mode: The Best Of Videos Vol. 1
2007 • Self
Depeche Mode: 1991–1994 “We Were Going to Live Together, Record Together… and It Was Going to Be Wonderful…” poster
Depeche Mode: 1991–1994 “We Were Going to Live Together, Record Together… and It Was Going to Be Wonderful…”
2006 • Self
No Image
Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey
2006 • Self - Interviewee
Depeche Mode: 1987–88 “Sometimes You Do Need Some New Jokes…” poster
Depeche Mode: 1987–88 “Sometimes You Do Need Some New Jokes…”
2006 • Self
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn poster
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
2005 • (segment "It's No Good")
Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven poster
Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven
2000 • Self
Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree poster
Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
1999 • Self
Depeche Mode: The Videos 86-98 poster
Depeche Mode: The Videos 86-98
1998 • Self
Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff poster
Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
1994 • Himself
Depeche Mode: Strange Too poster
Depeche Mode: Strange Too
1990 • 'Donkey Caretaker' in 'Halo' Video