John Maybury

John Maybury

Birthdate
March 25, 1958 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Known For
Directing

Details

Birthdate
March 25, 1958 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Known For
Directing

Biography

John Maybury (born 25 March 1958) is an English filmmaker and artist. He first came to prominence as the director of the music video for the Pet Shop Boys 1984 single "West End Girls". In 2005 he was named as one of the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain.

During the 1980s, Maybury produced a number of short films and music videos including for Sinéad O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U", which was voted #35 in a Channel 4 poll of the greatest pop music videos and received various awards, and "West End Girls" by the Pet Shop Boys, a defining 1980s video. In 1998, Maybury produced his first full-length feature Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, a biopic on the life of painter Francis Bacon starring Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. 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 premiered. He also directed the final episode of the HBO/BBC Rome series.

John Maybury's LGBTQ+ Titles

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Director

Acting (6)

2023
Tramps!
2022
Nothing Compares as Self
2003
Jubilee: A Time Less Golden as Interviewee
2001
Salò: Fade to Black as Self
1991
Derek Jarman: A Portrait as Self
1980
The Alternative Miss World as Self

Directing (31)

Rotterdam, I Love You • Director
• Director
2014
Marco Polo • Director (2 episodes)
• Director (2 episodes)
2013
Dates • Director (2 episodes)
• Director (2 episodes)
2011
The Borgias • Director (4 episodes)
• Director (4 episodes)
2008
The Edge of Love • Director
• Director
2005
Rome • Director (2 episodes)
• Director (2 episodes)
2005
The Jacket • Director
• Director
1999
Museum of Memory • Director
• Director
• Director
1998
Read Only Memory • Director
• Director
1996
Maledicta Electronica • Director
• Director
1996
Genetron • Director
• Director
1994
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies • Director
• Director
1994
Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some • Director
• Director
1992
Premonitions Of Absurd Perversion In Sexual Personae, Part 1 • Director
• Director
1992
Man to Man • Director
• Director
1991
Tunnel of Love • Director
• Director
1990
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter • Director
• Director
1989
Absurd • Director
• Director
1989
Sinéad O'Connor: The Value of Ignorance • Director
• Director
1987
Big Love: An Invitation to Disaster • Director
• Director
1986
The Queen Is Dead • Director
• Director
1986
Tortures That Laugh • Director
• Director
1986
The Dream Machine • Director
• Director
1985
Union Jack Up • Director
• Director
1984
Unclean • Director
• Director
1984
Pagan Idolatry • Director
• Director
1984
Glistening with Energy • Director
• Director
1983
Circus Logic I-IV • Director
• Director
1982
The Court of Miracles • Director
• Director
1981
The Technology of Souls • Director
• Director

Editing (1)

1987
The Last of England • Editor
• Editor

Writing (1)