Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑntɔ ɲoːˈɦɑnəsˈxɛrɪt 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). He directed the films "Viva la Vida" (2008), the Ian Curtis biographical film Control (2007), The American (2010), and A Most Wanted Man (2014), based on John le Carré's 2008 novel of the same name; and Life (2015), after the friendship between Life magazine photographer Dennis Stock and James Dean. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anton Corbijn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026A Talent for Murder — Director
• 2026Eternal: Live — Director
• 2026Grönemeyer – Alles bleibt anders
• 2026Joy Division: Apollo Theater, Manchester 27 and 28th October 1979 — Director
• 2026Joy Division: Plan K, Brussels 16th October, 1979 — Director
• 2023Depeche Mode - Strange & Strange Too — Director
• 2023Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) — Director
• 2020Depeche Mode: LiVE SPiRiTS — Director
• 2019LiVE SPiRiTS Depeche Mode At The Waldbühne — Director
• 2019Spirits in the Forest — Director
• 2016Depeche Mode: Video Singles Collection — Director
• 2016Unknown Brood
• 2015Life — Director
• 2014A Most Wanted Man — Director
• 2014Depeche Mode: Alive in Berlin — Director, Camera Operator
• 2014Depeche Mode: Live in Berlin — Director
• 2011Coldplay: Unstaged Live From Madrid — Director
• 2010Kleinste Kortste Film — Director
• 2010The American — Director
• 2009Linear — Director, Writer
• 2007Control — Producer, Director
• 2007U2: Achtung Baby: A Classic Album Under Review — Director
• 2006Depeche Mode: 1985–86 “The Songs Aren't Good Enough, There Aren't Any Singles and It'll Never Get Played on the Radio” — Art Direction
• 2005The Work of Director Anton Corbijn — (segment "It's No Good"), Director
• 2002Depeche Mode: One Night in Paris — Director
• 1998Depeche Mode: The Videos 86-98 — Self, Director
• 1994Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff — Himself, Director
• 1993Depeche Mode: Devotional — Director
• 1990Depeche Mode: Strange Too — 'Donkey Caretaker' in 'Halo' Video, Director
• 1988Depeche Mode: Strange — Director
• 1982Joy Division: Here Are the Young Men — Director

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2024Like Tears in Rain — Self
• 2023Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman — Self
• OnderOns — Self - Guest
• 2015The Making of A Most Wanted Man — Self
• 2012Anton Corbijn Inside Out — Self
• 2009Joy Division — Self
• 2009Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn — Self
• 2007Depeche Mode: The Best Of Videos Vol. 1 — Self
• 2006Depeche Mode: 1987–88 “Sometimes You Do Need Some New Jokes…” — Self
• 2006Depeche Mode: 1991–1994 “We Were Going to Live Together, Record Together… and It Was Going to Be Wonderful…” — Self
• 2006Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey — Self - Interviewee
• De Wereld Draait Door — Self
• 2000Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven — Self
• 1999Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree — Self
• Wintertijd — Self
• Classic Albums — Self
• NeXt — Self