John Maybury
John Maybury is an English filmmaker and artist. In 2005 he was named as one of the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain.
Life and career
Promo director
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.Films
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.