Anton Corbijn

Director

1955-05-20

Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, music-video director, and film director known for influential visual work with major musicians and bands. He directed feature films including Control and The American.

Quotes by Anton Corbijn

I only make storyboards for action scenes. Once you make a storyboard, you don't film; it can be a stiff move.
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For me N.M.E. was a very big thing. When I first came to the United Kingdom I started taking pictures for them and I became their main photographer for five years, and that's really been the basis of everything I've been doing since.
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I have such a love of good music that I find even melancholic music uplifting. Maybe I'm a rare breed.
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Apart from photography and music videos, I also do graphic design.
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I am a village boy, and Amsterdam for me was always the big town.
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When you make a movie, you know you're making a long-form thing, so the visuals are different than for a video where it has to be more obvious or in your face, I think, a little bit.
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I never really enjoyed getting a portfolio together then sending it out; whereas, putting up the website is quite an enjoyable experience. The net's just a much faster and more modern way to distribute things, and you have to embrace it.
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