A polymath in photography, music videos, feature films, graphic design, and commercials, Dutchman Anton Corbijn is perhaps best known for immortalizing some of the greatest artists of our time. His iconic portraits of musicians, directors, and artists like Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, U2, the Rolling Stones, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Gerhard Richter, Ai Weiwei, Marlene Dumas, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington amongst others, are praised for the way they capture the soul and charisma of his subjects. Effortlessly moving from photography into music videos in the early 80’s Corbijn has since made over 80 promos for people like U2, Johnny Cash, Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Metallica, Nick Cave, Coldplay and The Killers. He is the Artistic Director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode. For U2 he has done the principal promotion and sleeve photography for four decades.In 2006 Anton Corbijn started working on his first feature film “CONTROL” about the life, and death, of Ian Curtis, Joy Division’s lead singer. The film won many awards worldwide, including 5 BIFA’s & the Camera d’Or Special Mention at Cannes Film Festival 2007. Corbijn has since made “THE AMERICAN” starring George Clooney (2010), “A MOST WANTED MAN”, based on the novel by John Le Carré featuring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman (2014) and “LIFE”, about James Dean and photographer Dennis Stock, which stars Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan in 2015. Lately, Anton released his first feature documentary ’SQUARING THE CIRCLE’ about the iconic album art design studio Hipgnosis, and is planning to direct his fifth feature film titled “SWITZERLAND” in 2025, starring e.g. Dame Helen Mirren. Anton’s work has been exhibited at renowned museums all over the world. 2025 marks his 70th birth year, which will be celebrated with an exhibition in Stockholm and Vienna. IG: @antoncorbijn4real
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