Leigh Bowery
Born: 1961-03-26
Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Biography
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.
Known For
Queerama
Degrees of Blindness
Kinky Gerlinky
The British Guide to Showing Off
Wigstock: The Movie
What's Your Reaction to the Show?
Mirror
Read Only Memory
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
Top Movie Credits
Queerama
(archive footage)
Kinky Gerlinky
Self
The British Guide to Showing Off
Self (archive footage)
Wigstock: The Movie
Self
Mirror
Director
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
King George
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
Self (archive footage)