Bono

==Other creative endeavours==
===Art===
Bono sketches and paints as a hobby. He developed his art style by drawing and painting on photographs, which he learned from his father who used to add colour to black-and-white [[instant film]] photographs of his wife. Describing Bono's interest in visual artwork, ''[[The Atlantic]]''{{'}}s editor-in-chief [[Jeffrey Goldberg]] said, "He just walks around with an [[iPad]] and sketches everything."<ref name="wp-2023-art">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/05/01/bono-atlantic-magazine-illustration-zelensky/|title=Bono likes to sketch Atlantic covers, so the magazine hired him|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Elahe|last=Izadi|date=1 May 2023|access-date=7 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502013242/https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/05/01/bono-atlantic-magazine-illustration-zelensky/|archive-date=2 May 2023}}</ref>

Bono and his daughters Jordan and Eve provided original paintings for a 2003 book adaptation of ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'', which accompanied a musical release by Bono's friend Gavin Friday and [[Maurice Seezer]]. A CD-book package was released in November 2003. Bono's paintings, which were inspired by the 2001 death of his father, were auctioned at [[Christie's]] in New York. Proceeds from the sales of the paintings and CD-book package benefitted the Irish Hospice Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Irish pals sink their teeth into 'Peter and the Wolf'|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|first=Mark|last=Memmott|date=31 October 2003|page=E04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3606914/I-wanted-Dad-to-say-he-loved-me.html|title=I wanted Dad to say he loved me|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|first=Neil|last=McCormick|author-link=Neil McCormick|date=20 November 2003|at=sec. Features, The Arts, p. 25|access-date=12 April 2023}}</ref>

Bono's drawings of his musical influences were featured in a December 2022 issue of ''The Atlantic'' in an article profiling him. The following year, Goldberg commissioned him to illustrate the cover of ''The Atlantic''{{'}}s June 2023 issue for a story about Ukrainian president [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]]. Bono's artwork, a line-drawing sketched portrait of Zelenskyy in the colours of the Ukrainian flag, was inspired by [[protest art]] and political posters.<ref name="wp-2023-art"/> U2 also sold merchandise featuring the portrait, including T-shirts, posters, and hoodies, with all proceeds benefiting [[United24]] to purchase ambulances for Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/06/29/ireland-u2-sells-merch-bono-drawn-portrait-zelensky-ukraine-war/2901688074463/|title=U2 merchandise has Bono's art of Zelensky, raises funds for Ukraine ambulances|website=[[United Press International]]|first=Adam|last=Schrader|date=29 June 2023|access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref>

===Film===
Bono was an executive producer of [[Bill Carter]]'s 1995 documentary film ''Miss Sarajevo''. Carter had previously enlisted U2's help in bringing attention to the [[Siege of Sarajevo]] during their 1993 concerts on the Zoo TV Tour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-35202120080827|title=U.S. writer's view of Sarajevo war to become film|work=[[Reuters]]|first=Daria|last=Sito-Sucic|date=27 August 2008|access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> Bono was also executive producer of the 2000 film ''[[The Million Dollar Hotel]]'', which was developed from a story by himself and Nicholas Klein. It starred [[Jeremy Davies]], [[Milla Jovovich]], and [[Mel Gibson]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/02/movies/film-review-a-mel-gibson-action-adventure-taken-at-a-stroll.html|title=Film Review: A Mel Gibson Action Adventure, Taken at a Stroll|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Elvis|last=Mitchell|date=2 February 2001|page=E10|edition=National|access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref>

In the 2007 musical film ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'', Bono made a cameo appearance during a psychedelic sequence, portraying the character "Dr. Robert" and singing the Beatles' "[[I Am the Walrus]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/movies/14univ.html|title=Lovers in the '60s Take A Magical Mystery Tour|newspaper=The New York Times |first=Stephen|last=Holden|date=14 September 2007|page=E12|edition=East coast, late|access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref> Bono served as an executive producer of the 2018 film ''[[Waiting for the Miracle to Come]]''.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=19 August 2023|date=18 February 2015|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|title=Willie Nelson, Charlotte Rampling Board 'Waiting For the Miracle to Come'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/willie-nelson-charlotte-rampling-board-774786/|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Bono participated in the 2019 documentary ''[[Pavarotti (film)|Pavarotti]]'', in which he expressed his admiration for the titular Italian tenor [[Luciano Pavarotti]].<ref name=pavarotti>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/movies/pavarotti-review.html |title= 'Pavarotti' Review: A Charmed Life on the High C's |author= Ken Jaworowski |date= 6 June 2019 |website=The New York Times }}</ref>

Bono voiced a character in the 2021 animated musical film ''[[Sing 2]]'', the lion rock legend Clay Calloway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sing-2-cast-bono-1234867703/|title=Bono, Letitia Wright and Pharrell Williams Join 'Sing 2' Cast|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Rebecca|last=Rubin|date=21 December 2020|access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref> In April 2023, [[Max (streaming service)|Max]] and [[Cartoon Network]] greenlit a short animated film adaption of ''Peter & the Wolf''  with artwork based on Bono's original illustrations for his 2003 book. The project features narration and music by Friday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/peter-and-the-wolf-animated-short-film-bono-gavin-friday-max-cartoon-network-1235323106/|title='Peter And The Wolf' Animated Short Film With Bono & Gavin Friday Greenlighted By Max & Cartoon Network|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=12 April 2023|access-date=12 April 2023}}</ref>

===Writings===
Bono's memoir, ''Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story'', was released on 1 November 2022, and was promoted with a [[book tour]] called "Stories of Surrender".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/u2-bono-book-tour-surrender-1235391269/|title=U2's Bono to Launch Book Tour in Support of Memoir, 'Surrender'|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Jem|last=Aswad|date=3 October 2022|access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> The book debuted at number two on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' nonfiction best-seller list]] for the week ending 5 November 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/11/20/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/|title=Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction|work=The New York Times|date=20 November 2022|access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref> For his work narrating the [[audiobook]] version of ''Surrender'',<ref name="Audiobk_rvw">{{Cite web |title=SURRENDER by Bono / Read by Bono {{!}} Audiobook Review |url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/221455/surrender-by--bono-read-by--bono/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=AudioFile Magazine |language=en}}</ref> Bono won the Audiobook of the Year honour at the 2024 [[Audie Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/bono-surrender-audiobook-of-the-year-2024-audie-awards-1235622046/|title=Bono's 'Surrender' Wins Audiobook of the Year at 2024 Audie Awards|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Paul|last=Grein|date=4 March 2024|access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref>