Derek Jarman  

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Derek Jarman (January 31 1942 – February 19 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, artist, and writer.

Filmography

Feature Films

• Sebastiane (1976)
• Jubilee (1977)
• The Tempest (1979)
• The Angelic Conversation (1985)
• Caravaggio (1986)
• The Last of England (1988)
• War Requiem (1989)
• The Garden (1990)
• Edward II (1991)
• Wittgenstein (1993)
• Blue (1993)

Short Films

• Electric Fairy (1971, nonextant)
• Studio Bankside (1971)
• Garden of Luxor (aka Burning the Pyramids, 1972)
• Miss Gaby (1972)
• A Journey to Avebury (1971)
• Andrew Logan Kisses the Glitterati (1972)
• Tarot (aka Magician, 1972)
• Art of Mirrors (aka Sulphur, 1973)
• Stolen Apples for Karen Blixen (1973)
• Miss World (1973)
• The Devils at the Elgin (aka Reworking the Devils, 1974)
• Fire Island (1974)
• Duggie Fields (1974)
• Ula's Fete (aka Ula's Chandelier, 1975)
• Picnic at Ray's (1975)
• Sebastiane Wrap (1975)
• Sloane Square: A Room of One's Own (1976)
• Gerald's Film (1976)
• Art and the Pose (1976)
• Houston Texas (1976)
• Jordan's Dance (1977)
• Every Woman for Herself and All for Art (1977)
• The Pantheon (1978)
• In the Shadow of the Sun (1980) (this compilation of Jarman's Super-8 shorts from 1974-1980 effectively serves as an extended music video for eponymous piece by Throbbing Gristle)
• T.G.: Psychic Rally in Heaven (1981)
• Jordan's Wedding (1981)
• Pirate Tape (W.S. Burroughs Film) (1982)
• Waiting for Waiting for Godot (1982)
• Pontormo and Punks at Santa Croce (1982)
• B2 Tape/Film (1983)
• Catalan (1984)
• Imagining October (1984)
• Aria (1987)
  • segment: Depuis le Jour
• L'Ispirazione (1988)
• Glitterbug (1994) (one-hour compilation film of various Super-8 shorts with music by Brian Eno)

Jarman's early Super-8 mm work has been included on some of the DVD releases of his films.

Music videos

• The Sex Pistols: The Sex Pistols Number One (1976). Early live footage of the band.
• Marianne Faithfull: "Broken English", "Witches' Song", and "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" (all 1979)
• Throbbing Gristle: TG Psychic Rally in Heaven (1981).
• Language: "Touch The Radio Dance" (1984)<ref>Peake, Tony. 1999. Derek Jarman: A Biography. New York: The Overlook Press/Little, Brown. pg. 312: listed as "Steve Hale's 'Touch the Radio, Dance!'"</ref> (notable because it was shown at the Museum of Modern Art)
• Orange Juice: "What Presence?!" (1984).
• Marc Almond: "Tenderness Is a Weakness" (1984).
• The Smiths:
  • The Queen Is Dead, a short film incorporating the Smiths songs "The Queen Is Dead", "Panic", and "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" (1986)
  • The "Panic" sequence from The Queen Is Dead was edited to form the video for that single (1986)
  • "Ask" (1986)
• Matt Fretton: "Avatar" (1986)
• Pet Shop Boys: "It's a Sin", "Rent", and "Projections".