Derek Jarman

Director 12 / Writer 11 / Actor 3 · 1976 – 2024 · 🎬 26

Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman was an English artist, film maker, stage designer, writer, gardener, and gay rights activist, regarded as one of the most influential figures associated with the new queer cinema. Trained originally as a painter, he moved into stage and production design in the late 1960s, including work on Ken Russell's controversial historical 1971 film The Devils, before turning to filmmaking as a director.

All · 26 🎬 Movies · 26

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Highlights

The Queen Is Dead

The Queen Is Dead

2024

There We Are John...

There We Are John...

1993

Blue

Blue

1993

Frequent Collaborators

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

18 shared

Nigel Terry

Nigel Terry

12 shared

Spencer Leigh

Spencer Leigh

9 shared

Jack Birkett

8 shared

John Quentin

7 shared

Claire Davenport

6 shared

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🎬 Movies

The Queen Is Dead

The Queen Is Dead

director

2024

There We Are John...

There We Are John...

actor

1993

Blue

Blue

director

1993

Blue

Blue

actor

1993

Blue

Blue

writer

1993

Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein

director

1993

Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein

writer

1993

Edward II

Edward II

director

1991

Edward II

Edward II

writer

1991

The Garden

The Garden

director

1990

The Garden

The Garden

writer

1990

War Requiem

War Requiem

director

1989

War Requiem

War Requiem

writer

1989

The Last of England

The Last of England

director

1987

The Last of England

The Last of England

writer

1987

The Last of England

The Last of England

actor

1987

Aria

Aria

director

1987

Aria

Aria

writer

1987

Caravaggio

Caravaggio

writer

1986

Caravaggio

Caravaggio

director

1986

The Tempest

The Tempest

director

1979

The Tempest

The Tempest

writer

1979

Jubilee

Jubilee

writer

1978

Jubilee

Jubilee

director

1978

Sebastiane

Sebastiane

writer

1976

Sebastiane

Sebastiane

director

1976

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