
Directing
Anton Corbijn
1955 · Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography

A Talent for Murder
Director

The American
Director

Unknown Brood

A Most Wanted Man
Director

Control
Producer

Linear
Director

Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
Self

Grönemeyer – Alles bleibt anders

Spirits in the Forest
Director

Life
Director

Joy Division: Plan K, Brussels 16th October, 1979
Director

Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
Director