Adam Curtis

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Adam Curtis

Born 26 May 1955 · Dartford, Kent, England, UK · 71

Adam Curtis (born 1955) is an award-winning British documentarian and writer. He has also worked as a television producer, director and narrator. He works for BBC Current Affairs. His programmes express a clear, albeit sometimes controversial, opinion about their subject.

Known for

Highlights

The Century of the Self2002 · Series · Director
HyperNormalisation2016 · Film · Director
The Power of Nightmares2004 · Series · Writer
Bitter Lake2015 · Film · Director
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace2011 · Series · Director
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom2007 · Series · Writer

Filmography

Movies

22 films

God Turn Me Into A Flower2023 · Film · Director
HyperNormalisation2016 · Film · Director
Living in an Unreal World2016 · Film · Director
Bitter Lake2015 · Film · Director
"Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War2014 · Film · Director
Every Day Is Like Sunday2011 · Film · Director
Paranoia2010 · Film · Director
Murdoch's Revolution2010 · Film · Director
The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism2009 · Film · Writer
It Felt Like a Kiss2009 · Film · Director
The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist2007 · Film · Writer
Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh1997 · Film · Director
£830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings1996 · Film · Director
The Road to Terror1989 · Film · Director
The Kingdom of Fun1989 · Film · Director
Bombay Hotel1987 · Film · Director
The Cost of Treachery1984 · Film · Writer
The Mayor of Montemilone1984 · Film · Director
Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster1984 · Film · Director
Trumpets and Typewriters: A History of War Reporting1983 · Film · Director
The Seaside1983 · Film · Director
Selfridges1983 · Film · Writer

Filmography

Series

17 shows

Shifty2025 · Series · Director
The Way2024 · Series · Creator
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone2022 · Series · Writer
Can't Get You Out of My Head2021 · Series · Writer
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace2011 · Series · Director
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom2007 · Series · Writer
The Power of Nightmares2004 · Series · Writer
The Century of the Self2002 · Series · Director
The Mayfair Set1999 · Series · Director
The Living Dead1995 · Series · Director
Modern Times1995 · Series · Director
Pandora's Box1992 · Series · Writer
An Ocean Apart1988 · Series · Director
Italians1984 · Series · Director
Just Another Day1983 · Series · Director
40 Minutes1981 · Series · Director
Inside Story1974 · Series · Director