Actor

Anton Corbijn

Directing

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Movies: 37Series: 4Crew credits: 24

TMDB ID: 45052

IMDb ID: nm0179221

Known for: Directing

Born: May 20, 1955

Age: 70

Place of birth: Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1982 - 2024

Years active: 43

Average TMDB rating: 6.9

Wikidata: Q349842

Also known as

안톤 코빈 • 안톤 코르빈

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Director (23)Art Direction (1)

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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.