Gillian Wearing

Gillian Wearing

Directing

Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles

#1Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Movie - 1998, 2h 15m as Brighton Pub

6.1 / 10
Drama

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.

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#2Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life

Movie - 2019, 2h 15m as Self

6.0 / 10
Documentary

Contemporary artist Gillian Wearing celebrates the legacy of Victorian novelist George Eliot. Just as Eliot’s novel Middlemarch explored the lives of ordinary men and women, this experimental film is made up of a diverse cast of people from different backgrounds.

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