John Maybury was born in 1958 in London, England. He is a director and writer, known for The Jacket (2005), The Edge of Love (2008) and Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998).
A face is a landscape. Watching the tiniest movement on a face on a huge screen is an astonishing thing.
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I mean, I've never fitted in with the art world proper. The art world has always thought I was too commercial. And the commercial world always thought I was too arty. You can't please anybody.
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I've been offered lots and lots of scripts that I could have just done. I've only made three real feature films in 25 years. Which kind of says I'm not being driven by making money.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Marco Polo
2014
TV Series 2 episodes
Dates
2013
TV Series 3 episodes
The Borgias
2011-2012
TV Series 4 episodes
The Edge of Love
2008
Rome
2007
TV Series 2 episodes
The Jacket
2005
Museum of Memory
1999
TV Short
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
Genetron
1996
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
1994
Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some
1994
Video documentary video "The World is Stone"
Premonition of Absurd Perversion in Sexual Personae, Part I
1992
Man to Man
1992
Screenplay
1992
TV Series 1 episode
Tunnel of Love
1991
Short
You Do Something to Me
1990
Short
Red Hot and Blue
1990
TV Movie segment "You Do Something To Me"
Absurd
1989
Short
The Value of Ignorance
1989
Video short
Union Jack Up
1987
Short
The Queen Is Dead
1986
Short co-director
Tortures That Laugh
1986
Short
Big Love: An Invitation to Disaster
1984
Glistening with Energy
1984
Short
Pagan Idolatry
1984
Short
Circus Logic I-IV
1983
The Dream Machine
1983
Documentary short
The Court of Miracles
1982
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Museum of Memory
1999
TV Short
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
written by
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
1994
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Screenplay
1992
TV Series 1 episode
L'ispirazione
1988
Short
The Last of England
1987
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Flat Chat
2001
TV Series
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
1994
executive producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Edge of Love
2008
lyrics: "Careless Talk", "Careless Love"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Salò: Fade to Black
2001
Video documentary
Himself
Arena
1991
TV Series documentary
Himself - Interviewee
Waiting for Waiting for Godot
1983
Documentary short
The Alternative Miss World
1980
Documentary
The Colony
2009
Documentary
Himself
The Most Annoying Pop Songs.... We Hate to Love
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
The 100 Greatest Pop Videos
2005
TV Movie
Himself
The Jacket: Project History and Deleted Scenes
2005
Video documentary short
Himself
The Look of 'The Jacket': Influences from the Avant-Garde
2005
Video documentary short
Himself
Shootout
2005
TV Series
Himself
Jubilee: A Time Less Golden
2003
Video documentary short
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1999
Golden Key
Art Film Festival
Art Fiction: Best Direction
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
1998
Best New British Feature
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
1994
Teddy
Berlin International Film Festival
Best Documentary Film
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies (1994)
1994
Independent/Experimental Film and Video Award
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies (1994)
1991
Independent/Experimental Film and Video Award
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
All the Vermeers in New York (1990)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1999
Best Film
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Known for movies
The Jacket (2005) as Director
The Edge of Love (2008) as Director
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) as Director
$18 Million
