anton corbijn.

Anton Corbijn is a photographer and director from the Netherlands. He is widely acknowledged by the music industry, mainly for being the creative director of the visual output of prominent bands such as U2, The Killers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Corbijn started his career of music photographer in 1975. He made a lot of photos of the 'rising star' Herman Brood & His Wild Romance. Because of the pictures taken by Corbijn, Brood's fame rose quickly, and as a result Corbijn's own exposure increased. In 1998, he brought Bono and Herman together to start a working on a project which was never finished because of the early death of Brood.

Corbijn decided to move into directing music videos when Palais Schaumburg asked him to direct a video. After seeing Video, Propaganda insisted that Corbijn would direct Dr. Mabuse. As well as Simple Minds, Echo & the Bunnymen and Golden Earring requesting him their own music videos. Front 242 were shown Corbijn's artwork and accepted shooting a video with him, which resulted in a strange version of "Headhunter" due to Corbijn's limited knowledge of English. Nevertheless, it became a milestone in Corbijn's career.

Some of his works include music videos for Coldplay "Viva La Vida” and Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box” as well as directing the Ian Curtis biopic Control.