Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1955-05-20 (Age: 71)
Place of Birth
Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Anton Corbijn
Biography
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.
Filmography (19)
Grönemeyer – Alles bleibt anders
2026
Like Tears in Rain
2024
Depeche Mode - Strange & Strange Too
2023
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
2023
Unknown Brood
2016
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
2015
Anton Corbijn Inside Out
2012
Joy Division
2009
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
2009
Depeche Mode: The Best Of Videos Vol. 1
2007
Depeche Mode: 1991–1994 “We Were Going to Live Together, Record Together… and It Was Going to Be Wonderful…”
2006Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey
2006
Depeche Mode: 1987–88 “Sometimes You Do Need Some New Jokes…”
2006
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
2005