Adrian Maben
Adrian Moben | |
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Adrian Moben in Pompeii (2022) | |
| Born | Adrian Mitchell Maben 30 June 1942 Chippenham, Wiltshire, England |
| Died | 28 October 2025 (aged 83) Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France |
| Occupations | Film and television director, writer, and producer |
| Employer | ORTF |
| Known for | Film documentaries on music and art |
| Notable work | Pink 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
- ^ "MABEN Adrian Mitchell". deces.matchid.io (in French). Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ Rapata, Tony (5 November 2025). "In Memoriam: Adrian Maben". pinkfloydz.com. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "Why Pink Floyd At Pompeii is a Must Watch – Music Documentary". Vinyl Rewind. YouTube. 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "Adrian Maben". IMDb. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "Opération Apollo". Archive.org (in French). France: Institut national de l'audiovisuel. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2025.