Corbijn made his feature film debut with Control, a film about the life of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. It premiered to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2007. The film is based on Deborah Curtis' book Touching From A Distance about her late husband and the biography Torn Apart by Lindsay Reade (Tony Wilson's ex-wife) and Mick Middles. Although shown outside the Palme d'Or competition, Control was the big winner of the Director's Fortnight winning the CICAE Art & Essai prize for best film, the "Regards Jeunes" Prize award for best first or second directed feature film and the Europa Cinemas Label prize for best European film in the sidebar.
It could be well worth looking into some of Anton's other films and grasping a better idea of his directing style and trying to learn a few things from it. I have seen Control and it has already influenced my production, but I think I'll go back and watch it again and do a more in depth analysis on the more filming side of things as aposed to the Ian Curtis side of things.
Aswell as directing the music video for Atmosphere by Joy Division, Anton has also directed music videos for U2, Depeche Mode, Danzig, Nirvana Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, The Killers, Travis and Coldplay. He also directed a newly released feature length film, The American, which is definitely worth a watch as it will have his latest ideas on camera work, editing, etc.
Anton has just finished working on a big Hollywood picture called 'The American'.
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