Person
Adam Curtis
Directing · Born 1955-05-26 · Dartford, Kent, England, UK
Biography
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
40 Minutes
Director
Inside Story
Producer
Modern Times
Director
Can't Get You Out of My Head
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Way
Executive Producer
Out of Court
Director
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
Writer
The Century of the Self
Narrator
Bitter Lake
Narrator
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker
Director
Filmography
- 2025ShiftyEditor
- 2024The WayExecutive Producer
- 2023God Turn Me Into A FlowerDirector
- 2022Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZoneWriter
- 2021Can't Get You Out of My HeadSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2020MK UltraNarrator
- 2016HyperNormalisationSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2016Living in an Unreal WorldDirector
- 2015Bitter LakeNarrator
- 2014"Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear WarNarrator (voice)
- 2011Every Day Is Like SundayNarrator
- 2011All Watched Over by Machines of Loving GraceSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2010ParanoiaDirector
- 2010Murdoch's RevolutionDirector
- 2009The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ismNarrator (voice)
- 2009It Felt Like a KissDirector
- 2009Newswipe with Charlie BrookerDirector
- 2007Adam Curtis: ShortsWriter
- 2007The Rise and Fall of the TV JournalistDirector
- 2007The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of FreedomNarrator
- 2004The Power of NightmaresNarrator
- 2002The Century of the SelfNarrator
- 1999The Mayfair SetProducer
- 1998FishtankProducer
- 1997Modern Times: The Way of All FleshNarrator
- 1996£830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of BaringsDirector
- 1995TattooDirector
- 1995The Living DeadNarrator
- 1995Modern TimesDirector
- 1992Pandora's BoxNarrator
- 1989The Road to TerrorDirector
- 1989The Kingdom of FunDirector
- 1988An Ocean ApartProducer
- 1987Bombay HotelDirector
- 1984The Cost of TreacheryProducer
- 1984The Mayor of MontemiloneDirector
- 1984ItaliansDirector
- 1984Inquiry: The Great British Housing DisasterDirector
- 1983Trumpets and Typewriters: A History of War ReportingDirector
- 1983The SeasideDirector
- 1983SelfridgesDirector
- 1983Just Another DayDirector
- 1982Wedding Day - Not only Charles and Diana...Director
- 198140 MinutesDirector
- 1977Out of CourtDirector
- 1974Inside StoryProducer
- 1950The Trap
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