Adrian Sibley is an award-winning documentary director and producer whose films have explored some of the defining figures in film, music, photography and popular culture. His most recent film, Richard Burton: Wild Genius for the BBC, received a BAFTA nomination and won a Gold Award at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards.
It follows Sibley’s feature documentary The Ghost of Richard Harris, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and won Best Documentary at both the Newport Beach and Fort Lauderdale film festivals. The film was longlisted for the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards and nominated at the Irish Film & Television Academy Awards and the Royal Television Society Awards.
Sibley’s other recent films include Chris Packham: Is It Time to Break the Law? for Channel 4 and Prince: Last Year of a Legend. He previously made Forever Punk with Packham for the BBC, and directed The Road to Palmyra and Looking for England with photographer Sir Don McCullin.
Other films include The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill, Anthony Hopkins: A Taste for Hannibal and Steve Martin: Seriously Funny, as well as the BAFTA-winning The Show Must Go On, following Baz Luhrmann during the making and promotion of Moulin Rouge!.
Through his production company, Bright Yellow Films, Sibley has co-produced Richard Burton: Wild Genius, The Ghost of Richard Harris and Misha and the Wolves, as well as his films with Don McCullin. Misha and the Wolves premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Sibley has also worked in drama, including as second unit director on Still Crazy, starring Bill Nighy, Timothy Spall and Stephen Rea, and has written screenplays for Nicole Kidman and Gary Oldman.
EMAIL: adrian.sibley@gmail.com // adrian@brightyellowfilms.com
It follows Sibley’s feature documentary The Ghost of Richard Harris, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and won Best Documentary at both the Newport Beach and Fort Lauderdale film festivals. The film was longlisted for the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards and nominated at the Irish Film & Television Academy Awards and the Royal Television Society Awards.
Sibley’s other recent films include Chris Packham: Is It Time to Break the Law? for Channel 4 and Prince: Last Year of a Legend. He previously made Forever Punk with Packham for the BBC, and directed The Road to Palmyra and Looking for England with photographer Sir Don McCullin.
Other films include The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill, Anthony Hopkins: A Taste for Hannibal and Steve Martin: Seriously Funny, as well as the BAFTA-winning The Show Must Go On, following Baz Luhrmann during the making and promotion of Moulin Rouge!.
Through his production company, Bright Yellow Films, Sibley has co-produced Richard Burton: Wild Genius, The Ghost of Richard Harris and Misha and the Wolves, as well as his films with Don McCullin. Misha and the Wolves premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Sibley has also worked in drama, including as second unit director on Still Crazy, starring Bill Nighy, Timothy Spall and Stephen Rea, and has written screenplays for Nicole Kidman and Gary Oldman.
EMAIL: adrian.sibley@gmail.com // adrian@brightyellowfilms.com