Adrian Maben

Adrian Moben
Adrian Moben in Pompeii (2022)
Born
Adrian Mitchell Maben

(1942-06-30)30 June 1942
Died28 October 2025(2025-10-28) (aged 83)
OccupationsFilm and television director, writer, and producer
EmployerORTF
Known forFilm documentaries on music and art
Notable workPink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)

Adrian Maben (1942–2025) was a British film and television director, writer, and producer.[1][2]

Maben directed a number of films and documentaries on music and art, in particular Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii in 1972, featuring the rock band Pink Floyd playing in the Roman amphitheatre at Pompeii.[3] He worked for the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) between 1970 and 1973. Maben directed the news programme Soir 3 on France 3. He was born British but obtained French nationality.

Filmography and television

Maben directed the following:[4]

  • Opération Apollo[5] (1969)
  • Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)
  • Phonzeit (1975)
  • Monsieur René Magritte (1978)
  • Raoul Coutard in Étoiles et toiles (1982)
  • Le petit théâtre de Bouvard (1982)
  • Paul Delvaux: The Sleepwalker of Saint Idesbald (1987)
  • Le grand escalator (1987)
  • Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge (1989)
  • Riviera (1991)
  • La case de l'oncle Doc (1997)
  • The Khmer Rouge: Power and Terror (2001)
  • Ourasi, le roi fainéant (2003)
  • All Hell Let Loose: The Demonic World of Hieronymus Bosch (2003)
  • The Making of Ça Ira (2005)
  • Comrade Duch: The Bookkeeper of Death (2011)
  • Chit Chat with Oysters (2013)

References

  1. ^ "MABEN Adrian Mitchell". deces.matchid.io (in French). Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  2. ^ Rapata, Tony (5 November 2025). "In Memoriam: Adrian Maben". pinkfloydz.com. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Why Pink Floyd At Pompeii is a Must Watch – Music Documentary". Vinyl Rewind. YouTube. 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Adrian Maben". IMDb. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Opération Apollo". Archive.org (in French). France: Institut national de l'audiovisuel. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2025.