The Jacket

John Maybury (born 25 March 1958) is an English filmmaker. In 2005 he was listed as one of the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain.

Early life

John Maybury was brought up in Enfield by his mother and father, Elsie and George Maybury. He has four sisters and two brothers. John Maybury attended St. Ignatius College, Enfield before attending St. Albans College of Art & Design, North East London Polytechnic and Saint Martins College of Art.

Work

Through the 1980s he produced a number of short films and music videos including the video for Sinéad O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” which was voted #35 in a Channel 4 poll of the greatest pop music videos. John received various awards for this video.

In 1998 he produced his first full length feature Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon a biopic on the life of 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 critically acclaimed HBO/BBC Rome series.

Forthcoming projects include Come Like Shadows, an adaptation of Macbeth starring Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton. He was due to direct an adaptation of Wuthering Heights, although withdrew due to casting complications, and apparent disagreements with the screenwriter Olivia Hatreed. —Wikipedia