Leigh Bowery

Leigh Bowery

Birthday: 1961-03-26
Deathday: 1994-12-31
Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Bio

Leigh Bowery was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, and fashion designer. Bowery was known for his flamboyant and outlandish costumes and makeup as well as his performances. Based in London for much of his adult life, he was a significant model and muse for the English painter Lucian Freud.

Movies with Leigh Bowery

Because We Must

1989
As
The British Guide to Showing Off

2011
As Self (archive footage)
Degrees of Blindness

1988
As
The Legend of Leigh Bowery

2002
As Self (archive footage)
Hail the New Puritan

1986
As
What's Your Reaction to the Show?

1998
As
Mrs. Peanut Visits New York

1999
As
Queerama

2017
As (archive footage)
Wigstock: The Movie

1995
As Self
The Ghosts of Oxford Street

1991
As King George
Kinky Gerlinky

2003
As Self
Read Only Memory

1998
As
Mirror

1988
As
Mirror

1988
As Self

Production Credits

Hail the New Puritan

1986
As Production Design
Mirror

1988
As Director