John Maybury

John Maybury

Known for

Directing

Born

March 25, 1958 (age 68)

Birthplace

London, England, UK

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...

Best known work

The Jacket
The Jacket
2005
Rome
Rome
2005
Marco Polo
Marco Polo
2014
The Borgias
The Borgias
2011
The Edge of Love
The Edge of Love
2008
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
Nothing Compares
Nothing Compares
2022
The Last of England
The Last of England
1987
Dates
Dates
2013
Sinéad O'Connor: The Value of Ignorance
Sinéad O'Connor: The Value of Ignorance
1989

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Glamour Is an Asset

    Director

  2. 2023

  3. 2022

  4. 2014

    Marco PoloTV

    Director

  5. 2013

    DatesTV

    Director

  6. 2011

    The BorgiasTV

    Director

  7. 2008

  8. 2005

    RomeTV

    Director

  9. 2005

    The Jacket

    Director

  10. 2003

  11. 2001

  12. 1999

  13. 1998

  14. 1998

  15. 1996

  16. 1996

    Genetron

    Director

  17. 1994

  18. 1994

  19. 1992

  20. 1992

    Man to Man

    Director

  21. 1991

  22. 1991

  23. 1990

  24. 1989

    Absurd

    Director

  25. 1989

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