- John Maybury
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. [Rainbownetwork.com, (June 29, 2005), [http://www.rainbownetwork.com/Features/detail.asp?iData=23702&iCat=32&iChannel=25&nChannel=Features#top The Pink List 2005] . Retrieved June 25, 2007.]He attended North East London Polytechnic and St Martins.
Through the 1980s he produced a number of short films and
music video s including the video forSinéad O'Connor 's "Nothing Compares 2 U " which was voted #35 in a Channel 4 poll of the greatest pop music videos [http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/pop_videos/results.html Channel 4 Greatest Pop Video site] .In 1998 he produced his first full length feature "" a biopic on the life of
Francis Bacon starringDerek Jacobi andDaniel Craig . In 2005 he directed "The Jacket " withAdrien Brody andKeira Knightley .In 2008 his film "
The Edge of Love ", a biopic on the life of Welsh poetDylan Thomas starringSienna Miller ,Cillian Murphy ,Matthew Rhys and Keira Knightley will premiere. Other upcoming projects include "Come Like Shadows " an adaptation of "Macbeth " starringSean Bean andTilda 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.
In August, Maybury pulled out of the Wuthering Heights adaption due to casting complications, and apparently disagreements with the screenwriter
Olivia Hatreed .External links
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* [http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Maybury&first=John List of music videos directed by Maybury]References
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