Biografia Corbijn nasce nel 1955 a Strijen, nei Paesi Bassi. Affascinato dal mondo musicale, nel 1972, assistendo a un concerto dal vivo scatta le sue prime fotografie. Nel 1979, per amore della musica, decide di trasferirsi a Londra ed entra in contatto con le band ed il sound più originale del momento. Dopo il 1985 fotografa prevalentemente personaggi del mondo dello spettacolo per numerose riviste (tra cui Vogue, Rolling Stone, Details, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Glamour e Max). Celebri i suoi ritratti di musicisti e attori (Joy Division, Tom Waits, Depeche Mode, U2, R.E.M., John Lee Hooker, Bryan Ferry, Rolling Stones, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Nick Cave, ecc.).
In tal periodo inizia a girare come regista i suoi primi videoclip (a tutt'oggi oltre 60) per gli artisti più disparati (David Sylvian, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, New Order, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joni Mitchell, Front 242, Henry Rollins, Metallica, Naomi Campbell, U2, Nick Cave). Nel 1994 viene premiato con un MTV Video Music Award per il video del brano dei Nirvana Heart Shaped Box e vince il Dutch Photography Award.
Nel 2007 esce il suo primo film, Control, biografia di Ian Curtis, cantante dei Joy Division, che ottiene un buon riscontro al Festival di Cannes. Nel 2009 collabora ancora con gli U2 dando alla luce il film del loro album No Line on the Horizon intitolato Linear, distribuito con lo stesso album o in download digitale. Nel 2010 ritorna al cinema con The American interpretato da George Clooney e Violante Placido. Nel 2012 il regista olandese Klaartje Quirijns offre un ritratto intimo e personale dell'artista in un documentario dal titolo Anton Corbijn Inside Out. Nel 2021 collabora con il ballerino Sergej Polunin.
Filmografia Control (2007) Linear (2009) The American (2010) La spia - A Most Wanted Man (A Most Wanted Man) (2014) Life (2015) Depeche Mode: Spirits in the Forest (2019) - documentario
Opere Famouz (1989) Strangers (1990) Allegro (1991) Grönemeyer, Photographien von Anton Corbijn (1993) Star Trak (1996) 33 Still Lives (1999) Stripping Girls (2000, con Marlene Dumas) Werk (2000) A. Somebody, Strijen, Holland (2002) Everybody Hurts (2003) U2 & I (2005) In Control (2008) Inside The American (2010) Inwards and Onwards (2011) Waits (2012)
Videoclip Anno Titolo Artista Album 1983 Hockey Palais Schaumburg Singolo1984 Beat Box Art of Noise Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? Dr. Mabuse Propaganda Singolo Red GuitarDavid SylvianBrilliant Trees The Ink in the Well Seven Seas Echo & the Bunnymen Ocean Rain Pride (In the Name of Love) (terza versione) U2 The Unforgettable Fire1985 Bring On the Dancing Horses Echo & the Bunnymen Singolo RussiansStingThe Dream of the Blue Turtles1986 Quiet Eyes Golden Earring The Hole A Question of Time Depeche Mode Black Celebration1987 Bedbugs and BallyhooEcho & the BunnymenEcho & the Bunnymen Lips Like Sugar (first version) The Game StrangeloveDepeche ModeMusic for the Masses Pimpf Never Let Me Down Again Behind the Wheel Blueprint Rainbirds Singolo1988 Welcome to ParadiseFront 242Front by Front Headhunter My Secret Place Joni Mitchell con Peter Gabriel Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm Atmosphere Joy Division Singolo1989 Faith and Healing Ian McCulloch Candleland Sea of TimeRainbirdsCall Me Easy, Say I'm Strong, Love Me My Way, It Ain't Wrong White City of Light Personal Jesus Depeche Mode Violator1990 Killer Wolf Danzig Danzig II: Lucifuge Enjoy the SilenceDepeche ModeViolator Policy of Truth World in My Eyes Clean Halo1991 May This Be Your Last Sorrow Banderas Singolo Marie Herbert Grönemeyer Luxus Two Faces Rainbirds Two Faces Tragedy (For You) Front 242 Singolo1992 Hail Hail Rock 'n' Roll Garland Jeffreys Don't Call Me Buckwheat Lover Lover Lover Ian McCulloch Mysterio One (prima versione/Berlino) U2 Achtung Baby Straight To You Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Henry's Dream Dirty Black Summer Danzig Danzig III: How the Gods Kill Do I Have to Say the Words? Bryan Adams Waking Up the Neighbours1993 I Feel YouDepeche ModeSongs of Faith and Devotion Walking in My Shoes Condemnation (prima versione) Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana In Utero1994 Delia's Gone Johnny Cash American Recordings Mockingbirds Grant Lee Buffalo Mighty Joe Moon In Your Room Depeche Mode Songs of Faith and Devotion Liar Henry Rollins Love & Tears Naomi Campbell Baby Woman1995 Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? Bryan Adams Don Juan De Marco - Maestro d'amore My Friends (prima versione) Red Hot Chili Peppers One Hot Minute1996 Hero of the DayMetallicaLoad Mama Said1997 Barrel of a GunDepeche ModeUltra It's No Good Useless Please (prima versione) U2 Pop1998 Bleibt Alles AndersHerbert GrönemeyerBleibt alles anders Fanatisch Goddess on a Hiway (seconda versione) Mercury Rev Deserter's Songs1999 StarsRoxetteHave a Nice Day Salvation Opus 40 (prima versione) Mercury Rev Deserter's Songs2000 Chemical (prima versione)Joseph ArthurCome to Where I'm From In The Sun2001 Invalid Litter Dept. At the Drive-In Relationship of Command Freelove (seconda versione) Depeche Mode Exciter2002 Mensch Herbert Grönemeyer Mensch Electrical Storm U2 Singolo2003 Re-Offender Travis 12 Memories Zum Meer Herbert Grönemeyer Mensch2005 All These Things That I've Done (seconda versione) The Killers Hot Fuss Talk Coldplay X&Y Suffer Well Depeche Mode Playing the Angel 2007 En händig man Per Gessle En händig man 2008 Viva la vida (seconda versione) Coldplay Viva la vida or Death and All His Friends2013 Should Be Higher Depeche Mode Delta Machine Reflektor Arcade Fire Reflektor2017 Where's the RevolutionDepeche ModeSpirit Cover Me
Esposizioni collettive 2006 Portraits - The view behind the make-up, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt (Germany) Good Vibrations: le arti visive e il rock, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena (Italia) Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italia) Sound & Vision, Palazzo della Penna, Perugia (Italia) MiArt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Milano (Italia)
2005 Smile away the parties and champagne, Gemeentemuseum, Helmond (The Netherlands) Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italia) Oog en oog, Groninger Museum, Groninga (The Netherlands)
2004 Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italia) Arco, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Madrid (Spain) VIDEO - Die Bildsprache des 21 Jahrhunderts, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf (Germany) Vier eeuwen roken in de kunst, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Focus Faces, Galerie Monika Mohr, Hamburg (Germany)
2003 ARCO, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Madrid (Spain) MiArt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Milano (Italia) Melting Pop, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena (Italia) Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxemburg (Luxenburg) Not Ordinary People, Galleria In Arco, Torino (Italia) Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italia) James Nicholson Gallery, San Francisco (USA) Face to Face, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Stuttgart (Germany) Zeno X Anniversary Show, Zeno X, Antwerp (Belgium) Style of Life, Naarden Photofestival, Naarden (The Netherlands) Guided by Heroes, Kunstzentrum Z33, Hasselt (The Netherlands) Photography in Advertising, Malmö (Sweden)
2002 MiArt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Milano (Italia) Artissima, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Torino (Italia) Arco, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Madrid (Spain) Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italia)
2001 Art Cologne, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Köln (Germany) Arco, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Madrid (Spain) Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italia) MiArt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Milano (Italia) Artissima, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Torino (Italia)
2000 Art Brussels, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Brussels (Belgium) Supermodel: Identity and Transformation, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italia) Art Cologne, LipanjePuntin and Torch Gallery, Köln (Germany) Still in Motion, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo (Udine) (Italia) Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italia)
1999 Art Chicago, David Beitzel Gallery, Chicago (Usa) Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen (Germany) Art Cologne, LipanjePuntin and Torch Gallery, Köln (Germany) Art Fair Stockholm, Gallery Magnus Aklundh, Stockholm (Sweden) San Francisco Art Fair, David Beitzel Gallery, San Francisco (Usa)
1998 50 Years STERN, Hamburg (Germany) Kunstral / Art Amsterdam, Torch gallery, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Art Cologne, Torch Gallery, Köln (Germany) Gramercy Art Fair, Torch Gallery, New York (Usa) Art 29 Basel, Torch Gallery, Basel (Switzerland) 50 Years STERN, Fotokino, Köln (Germany)
1997 Arte Fiera, Galerie Polhammer, Bologna (Italia) Fotoos, Yokohama (Japan) Fotoos, Atrium, Fuknoka (Japan) Exponera Photofair, Gothenburg (Sweden) Exponera, YFO, Stockholm (Sweden) Exponera, Warehause, Malmo (Sweden) Smart Show, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (Usa) Art Fair Stockholm, Galerie Magnus Aklundh, Stockholm (Sweden) Fotoos, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Helmond (The Netherlands)
1996 The Cool and the Crazy Images of Punk, Govinda Gallery, Washington (Usa)
1994 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Anton Corbijn - Selected Solo Exhibitions
Esposizioni individuali 2006 U2&i, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italia)
2005 Anton Corbijn. U2&i, C/O, Berlin (Germany) U2&i, Torch, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) U2&i, Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich (Germany) 22:U2, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (United Kingdom) U2&i, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York (USA) Herman Brood, Fotomuseum, Antwerp (Belgium) Mortals, Arsenal Exhibition Halls, Riga (Republic of Latvia) Mortals, Fotomuseum, Antwerp (Belgium) U2&i, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Roma (Italia) Stroganov Palace, St. Petersburg (Russia)
2004 Mortals, Fotokina, Cologne (Germany) Werk, Photogalerie 94 c/o Kunstraum Baden, Baden (Switzerland) Fotomuseum, Antwerp (Belgium) Anton Corbijn, Palazzo Fortuny, Venezia (Italia)
2003 Star Trak, Galerie Monika Mohr, Hamburg (Germany) A. somebody, strijen, holland, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italia) Anton Corbijn, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna (Italia) everybody hurts, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen (Germany) Dogenhaus Galerie, Leipzig (Germany) A. somebody, strijen, holland, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt (Germany) Everybody Hurts, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover (Germany) Mortalis, GEM, Den Haag (The Netherlands) Galerie Camera Work, Hamburg (Germany)
2002 Lithprints, Camera Works, Berlin (Germany) Leica Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic) WERK, Regional Museum, Kristianstad (Sweden) A. somebody, strijen, holland, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Herman Brood - Anton Corbijn, COBRA Museum, Amstelveen (The Netherlands) Mortals, Øksnehallen, Copenaghen (Denmark) Anton Corbijn, Futurshow, Bologna (Italia) Mortals, Museum Sundsvall, Sundsvall (Sweden) A. somebody, strijen, holland, Galerie Mosel & Tschechow, Munic (Germany) A. somebody, strijen, holland, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt (Germany) A. somebody, strijen, holland, Magnus Aklundh Galleri, Malmö (Sweden) A. somebody, strijen, holland, Gemeentehuis Strijen, Strijen (The Netherlands) Mortals, Kulturhuset Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden) A. somebody, strijen, holland, Richard Goodall Gallery, Manchester (United Kingdom)
2001 Strippinggirls, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italia) Strippinggirls (with Marlene Dumas), Institut Néerlandais, Paris (France) Museum Dresden, Dresden (Germany) Müncher Stadtmuseum, Munich (Germany) Anton Corbijn, NRW, Düsseldorf (Germany) Govinda Gallery, Washington (Usa) Casa de Vacas, Madrid (Spain) Galeria Valle Quintana, Madrid (Spain)
2000 Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Oksnehallen, Copenaghen (Denmark) Werk, Groninger Museum, Groningen (The Netherlands) Strippinggirls (with Marlene Dumas), Theatermuseum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Galerie Almine Rech, Paris (France)