Anton Corbijn is an influential music director who has produced music videos for bands such as U2 and Depeche Mode. His career began as a photographer, and would take pictures of Dutch musician Herman Brood playing in a cafe in Groningen. Brood's fame began to rise, and so would Corbijn's along with it. Afterwards, he photographed for the likes of Joy Division, David Bowie, Bjork and Morrissey, and also produced the sleeve photography for U2's albums 'The Joshua Tree' and 'Achtung Baby'.
It was in 1983 when he directed his first video, and he directed his first colour video the year after (U2's Pride (In the Name Of Love)). From then on, he has worked with Nirvana for their 'Heart Shaped Box' video, The Killers for 'All These Things That I've Done' and Depeche Mode and U2 for several of their videos. He has also veered into short and full-length films, with his most famous being 'Control', a biographical film about the life of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, who took his own life in 1980. The film received critical acclaim and grossed $8, 159, 508.
Hammer & Tongs are a duo who also direct music videos for the same genre, and have worked with Vampire Weekend on the 'A-Punk' and 'Cousins' videos, Radiohead on their videos for 'Lotus Flower' and 'Jigsaw Falling Into Place', and Blur on their video for 'Coffee & TV', which is arguably their most famous to date, and features an anthropomorphic milk carton. The video won several awards, including the Best Video at the NME Awards and the MTV Europe Awards. They directed their first film in 2005, 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy', and directed 'Son of Rambow' in 2007.
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