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Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman | |
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 Jarman during the 1991 Venice Film Festival | |
| Born | 31 January 1942[1] |
| Died | 19 February 1994 (aged 52) St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, England |
| Resting place | St Clement Churchyard, Old Romney, Kent |
| Education | Canford School, Dorset |
| Alma mater | King's College London Slade School of Fine Art (UCL) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, gay rights activist, gardener, set designer |
| Years active | 1970–1994 |
| Notable work | Sebastiane (1976) Jubilee (1977) The Tempest (1979) Caravaggio (1986) The Last of England (1988) War Requiem (1989) Edward II (1991) Wittgenstein (1993) Blue (1993) |
| Style | New Queer Cinema[3] |
| Partner(s) | Keith Collins (1987–1994; his death)[4] |
Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman[2] (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) was an English artist, film maker, costume designer, stage designer, writer, poet, gardener, and gay rights activist.
- ^ Tony Peake, Derek Jarman: A Biography (Woodstock: Overlook Press, 1999), pp. 12–13.
- ^ a b Tony Peake, Derek Jarman: A Biography (Woodstock: Overlook Press, 1999), p. 13.
- ^ Jim Ellis, Derek Jarman's Angelic Conversations (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009), pp. 200–1.
- ^ Tony Peake, Derek Jarman: A Biography (Woodstock: Overlook Press, 1999), pp. 389–94, 532–33.
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