FILM DIRECTOR

Anton Corbijn

1955 - Today

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Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑntɔ ɲoːˈɦɑnəs ˈxɛrɪt 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anton Corbijn has received more than 1,074,057 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Corbijn is the 448th most popular film director (down from 429th in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 333rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Film Director.

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  • 61.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Anton Corbijn ranks 448 out of 2,041. Before him are Bertrand Blier, René Laloux, Don Bluth, William A. Wellman, Václav Vorlíček, and Paweł Pawlikowski. After him are Ken Russell, Nick Castle, Philippe Garrel, Yves Allégret, Gérard Oury, and Maya Deren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Anton Corbijn ranks 123. Before him are Mulatu Teshome, John de Mol Jr., Andreas Gursky, Rolf Lassgård, Mayumi Tanaka, and Horacio Pagani. After him are John Roberts, Kevin Peter Hall, Jane Kaczmarek, Anne Sofie von Otter, Mark Hollis, and Daniel Bertoni.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Anton Corbijn ranks 365 out of 1,646. Before him are Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), Kea Bouman (1903), Aldo van Eyck (1918), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (1975), Piet de Jong (1915), and Jan van Huysum (1682). After him are Huub Stevens (1953), Aert van der Neer (1603), Jan Timman (1951), Cristina Deutekom (1931), Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608), and Pieter Boddaert (1730).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Netherlands

Among film directors born in Netherlands, Anton Corbijn ranks 5. Before him are Paul Verhoeven (1938), Joris Ivens (1898), Theo van Gogh (1957), and Jan de Bont (1943). After him are Alex van Warmerdam (1952), Michaël Dudok de Wit (1953), Marleen Gorris (1948), Jan Kounen (1964), Tom Six (1973), Mike van Diem (1959), and Roel Reiné (1970).

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