Leigh Bowery

Leigh Bowery

3/26/1961 – 12/31/1994Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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.

Filmography (14 titles)

Queerama4.9Movie

Queerama

(archive footage) · 2017

The British Guide to Showing Off6.6Movie

The British Guide to Showing Off

Self (archive footage) · 2011

Kinky Gerlinky3.0Movie

Kinky Gerlinky

Self · 2003

The Legend of Leigh Bowery7.2Movie

The Legend of Leigh Bowery

Self (archive footage) · 2002

Mrs. Peanut Visits New York4.0Movie

Mrs. Peanut Visits New York

1999

What's Your Reaction to the Show?Movie

What's Your Reaction to the Show?

1998

Read Only Memory4.9Movie

Read Only Memory

1998

Wigstock: The Movie5.7Movie

Wigstock: The Movie

Self · 1995

The Ghosts of Oxford Street6.4Movie

The Ghosts of Oxford Street

King George · 1991

Because We MustMovie

Because We Must

1989

Movie

Mirror

1988

Degrees of Blindness7.0Movie

Degrees of Blindness

1988

MirrorMovie

Mirror

Self · 1988

Hail the New Puritan10.0Movie

Hail the New Puritan

1986