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Derek Jarman

Born January 31, 1942Died February 19, 1994

One of England’s foremost filmmakers, Derek Jarman wrote and directed several feature films, including Sebastiane, Jubilee, Caravaggio, and Blue, as well as numerous short films and music videos. He was a stage designer, artist, writer, gardener, and an outspoken AIDS and queer rights activist in the United Kingdom and the United States. He wrote several books, among them Modern Garden, At Your Own Risk and Chroma. (Source: University of Minnesota Press.)

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Books13

Through the Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping

Through the Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping

2022
Pharmacopoeia: A Dungeness Notebook

Pharmacopoeia: A Dungeness Notebook

2022
Jubilee: Six Film Scripts

Jubilee: Six Film Scripts

2011
Smiling in Slow Motion

Smiling in Slow Motion

2001
Kicking the Pricks

Kicking the Pricks

1998
Up in the Air

Up in the Air

1996
Derek Jarman's Garden: 30th Anniversary Edition

Derek Jarman's Garden: 30th Anniversary Edition

1995
Chroma

Chroma

1995
Thee Psychick Bible: A New Testameant

Thee Psychick Bible: A New Testameant

1994

with Genesis P-Orridge

Dancing Ledge

Dancing Ledge

1993
Blue

Blue

1993
At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament

At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament

1992
Modern Nature

Modern Nature

1991

Illustrated1

Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks

Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks

2013