Derek Jarman
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| Born |
Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman 31 January 1942 Royal Victoria Nursing Home, Northwood, London |
| Died | 19 February 1994 (aged 52) St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London |
| Resting place | St. Clement Churchyard, Old Romney, Kent |
| Residence | Dungeness, Kent |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Education | Canford School, Dorset |
| Alma mater | King's College London, Slade School of Fine Art (UCL) |
| Occupation | Film director, gay rights activist, gardener, set designer |
| Years active | 1970–1994 |
| Notable work | Sebastiane (1976), Jubilee (1977), Caravaggio (1986), The Last of England (1988), Edward II (1991), Wittgenstein (1993), Blue (1993) |
| Style | New Queer Cinema |
| Home town | Northwood |
| Partner(s) | Keith Collins (1987–94) |
Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.
Jarman was born in Northwood, Middlesex, England. the son of Elizabeth Evelyn (née Puttock) and Lancelot Elworthy Jarman. His father was a military officer, born in New Zealand. He boarded at Canford School in Dorset, and from 1960 studied at King's College London. This was followed by four years at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London (UCL), starting in 1963. He had a studio at Butler's Wharf, London, in the 1970s. Jarman was outspoken about homosexuality, his public fight for gay rights, and his personal struggle with AIDS.
On 22 December 1986, Jarman was diagnosed as HIV positive and discussed his condition in public. His illness prompted him to move to Prospect Cottage, Dungeness in Kent, near the nuclear power station. In 1994, he died of an AIDS-related illness in London, aged 52. He was an atheist. Jarman was buried in the graveyard at St. Clements Church, Old Romney, Kent.
Jarman's first films were experimental super 8 mm shorts, a form he never entirely abandoned, and later developed further in his films Imagining October (1984), The Angelic Conversation (1985), The Last of England (1987) and The Garden (1990) as a parallel to his narrative work. The Garden was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.The Angelic Conversation featured Toby Mott and other members of the Radical artist collective the Grey Organisation.
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