--- name: "Derek Jarman" canonical: "https://film.one/person/derek-jarman" fi1m_id: "derek-jarman" imdb_id: "nm0418746" tmdb_id: 86290 wikidata_id: "Q282787" roles: ["Production designer","Director"] born: "31 January 1942" died: "19 February 1994" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 0 updated: "2026-09-26T04:00:15.446035+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Derek Jarman ## Identity Derek Jarman - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/derek-jarman - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** derek-jarman - **IMDb ID:** nm0418746 - **TMDB ID:** 86290 - **Wikidata ID:** Q282787 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Jarman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282787, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0418746/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86290 Production designer and director. Born 31 January 1942 in London, England, UK. Died 19 February 1994. ## Details - **Work:** Production designer, Director - **Born:** 31 January 1942, London, England, UK - **Died:** 19 February 1994 - **Active:** 1971–1986 - **Also known as:** 데릭 저먼, 데렉 저먼, 데릭 자만, 卡洛斯·绍拉 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Jarman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282787, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0418746/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86290 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Caravaggio*](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md) (79) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Derek Jarman was an English film director, screenwriter, production designer and artist. Born in 1942, he studied at King's College London and the Slade School of Art. He began his career in stage and production design, including work on Ken Russell's The Devils (1971). Jarman made his directorial debut with Sebastiane (1976). His subsequent films include Jubilee (1978), Caravaggio (1986), for which he also wrote the screenplay, The Last of England (1987), Edward II (1991), Wittgenstein (1993) and Blue (1993). He frequently collaborated with actors including Tilda Swinton and worked in experimental and low-budget formats. Diagnosed with HIV in 1986, Jarman died in London in 1994. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Caravaggio* (1986), Fi1m 79, as Papal Aide (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md) ## Complete filmography (84) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Timeslip* (2025), Director - *Blue Again: An Ode To Derek Jarman* (2024), as (Voice) - *Ask* (2024), Director - *Untitled (For Derek Jarman)* (2023), as Derek Jarman (voice) - *Alma* (2020), Book - *Will You Dance With Me?* (2014), Director, Producer, Cinematography, Production Manager - *LS19012* (2005), Actor - *The Clearing* (1994), Actor - *Glitterbug* (1994), Cinematography, Director - *Camp Christmas* (1993), Actor - *Projections* (1993), Director - *Blue* (1993), as (voice) · Director, Writer - *Wittgenstein* (1993), Director, Writer - *The Smiths: The Complete Picture* (1992), Director - *Edward II* (1991), Director, Screenplay - *Pet Shop Boys - Highlights On Tour* (1990), Director - *The Garden* (1990), Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Camera Operator - *Cactusland* (1989), as The Voice - *War Requiem* (1989), Director, Writer - *Dead Cat* (1989), as Medicine man - *The Yob* (1988), as Workman (uncredited) - *Behind Closed Doors* (1988), as Deposition - *Clause and Effect* (1988), Actor - *Ostia* (1987), as Pier Paolo Pasolini - *The Last of England* (1987), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Cinematography - *Aria* (1987), Writer, Director - *Depuis le Jour* (1987), Director - *Prick Up Your Ears* (1987), as Patrick Proktor (uncredited) - *The Angelic Conversation* (1987), Director, Director of Photography - *Caravaggio* (1986), as Papal Aide (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md) - *The Dream Machine* (1986), Director - *Screen Two* (1985), series, Director, Writer - *Imagining October* (1984), Director, Cinematography, Writer, Editor - *Orange Juice* (1984), Director - *ICA* (1984), Director - *Catalan* (1984), Director - *Pirate Tape* (1983), Director, Cinematography - *The Comic Strip Presents...* (1982), series, as Workman - *Waiting for Waiting for Godot* (1982), Director, Producer, Cinematography, Editor - *Pontormo and Punks at Santa Croce* (1982), Director - *A Message From the Temple* (1982), as Spokesman - *Pirates: William Burroughs in London* (1982), Cinematography - *T.G.: Psychic Rally in Heaven* (1981), Director - *Cinématon n°105 : Derek Jarman* (1981), Actor - *Cinématon XI* (1981), as N°105 - *In the Shadow of the Sun* (1981), Director, Editor - *The Tempest* (1979), Director, Writer - *Broken English: Three Songs by Marianne Faithfull* (1979), Director - *Cinématon* (1978), as N°105 - *Nighthawks* (1978), as Clubber - *Jubilee* (1978), Writer, Director - *Jordan's Dance* (1977), Director, Editor, Cinematography - *It Happened By Chance Vol 6* (1977), Director - *Sebastiane* (1976), Director, Production Design, Writer - *Sloane Square: A Room of One's Own* (1976), Director - *Gerald's Film* (1976), Director - *The Making of ‘Sebastiane’* (1975), Director - *Sebastian Wrap* (1975), Director - *Ulla's Fete* (1974), Cinematography, Director - *Duggie Fields* (1974), Director - *My Very Beautiful Movie* (1974), Director - *The Devils at the Elgin* (1974), Director - *Arabia* (1974), Director - *Art of Mirrors* (1973), Director - *Stolen Apples for Karen Blixen* (1973), Director - *Garden of Luxor* (1973), Director, Cinematography - *Ashden's Walk on Møn* (1973), Director, Cinematography, Editor - *Sulphur* (1973), Director - *Miss World* (1973), Director, Editor - *Death Dance* (1973), Director - *Savage Messiah* (1972), Set Designer - *Miss Gaby* (1972), Director - *Tarot* (1972), Director - *Andrew Logan Kisses The Glitterati* (1972), Director - *At Low Tide* (1972), Director - *The Devils* (1971), Production Design - *A Journey to Avebury* (1971), Director, Editor, Cinematography - *Studio Bankside* (1971), Director - *Electric Fairy* (1971), Director - *Jazz Calendar* (1968), Costume Design, Set Designer - *It Happened by Chance (vol. 9)*, Director - *It Happened by Chance (vol. 10)*, Director - *It Happened by Chance (vol. 11)*, Director - *It Happened by Chance*, Director, Cinematography, Editor ## Gallery - ![Il regista britannico Derek Jarman alla Mostra del cinema di Venezia del 1991](https://film.one/media/person/92980/gallery-c3c40073be2e.jpg) Il regista britannico Derek Jarman alla Mostra del cinema di Venezia del 1991 — Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Derek_Jarman.jpg/1280px-Derek_Jarman.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Derek Jarman](https://film.one/media/person/92980/gallery-d581dadfa631.jpg) Derek Jarman — Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Derek_Jarman_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Derek_Jarman_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Derek Jarman](https://film.one/media/person/92980/gallery-ea10cff824ec.jpg) Derek Jarman — Image via TMDB - ![Derek Jarman](https://film.one/media/person/92980/gallery-3ca67c42e8ac.jpg) Derek Jarman — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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