John Maybury
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John Maybury (born 25 March 1958, London) is an award-winning British filmmaker. In 2005 he was listed as one of the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain.[1]
He attended North East London Polytechnic and St Martins.
Through the 1980s he produced a number of short films and music videos including the video for Sinéad O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U" which was voted #35 in a Channel 4 poll of the greatest pop music videos[2].
In 1998 he produced his first full length feature Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon a biopic on the life of Francis Bacon starring Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig. 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 will premiere. Other upcoming projects include Come Like Shadows an adaptation of Macbeth starring Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton and an adaptation of the novel Wuthering Heights.
He is also famous for directing the final episode of the critically acclaimed HBO/BBC Rome series.
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- ^ Rainbownetwork.com, (June 29, 2005), The Pink List 2005. Retrieved June 25, 2007.
- ^ http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/pop_videos/results.html Channel 4 Greatest Pop Video site
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