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Adam Curtis

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British documentary filmmaker (born 1955)

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Adam Curtis is an English documentary filmmaker. Curtis began his career as a conventional documentary producer for the BBC throughout the 1980s and into the early 1990s.

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Example of Curtis's "trademark" title screens (Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh, 1997)Example of Curtis's "trademark" title screens (Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh, 1997)

Filmography 26

HyperNormalisation2016 · ★ 7.5
Bitter Lake2015 · ★ 7.6
It Felt Like a Kiss2009
"Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War2014
Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster1984
Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh1997
Every Day Is Like Sunday2011
£830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings1996
Fishtank1998
The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism2009
The Road to Terror1989
The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist2007
The Cost of Treachery1984
MK Ultra2020
Living in an Unreal World2016
Paranoia2010
The Mayor of Montemilone1984
The Seaside1983
The Kingdom of Fun1989
Bombay Hotel1987
Selfridges1983
Trumpets and Typewriters: A History of War Reporting1983
Murdoch's Revolution2010
Wedding Day - Not only Charles and Diana...1982
Tattoo1995
God Turn Me Into A Flower2023

113 credits on file

Television 21

Inside Story1974
The Century of the Self2002
The Power of Nightmares2004
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace2011
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom2007
Can't Get You Out of My Head2021
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone2022
The Way2024
Pandora's Box1992
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker2009
The Mayfair Set1999
The Living Dead1995
40 Minutes1981
Shifty2025
An Ocean Apart1988
The Trap1950
Modern Times1995
Out of Court1977
Italians1984
Just Another Day1983
Adam Curtis: Shorts2007

Connected to Adam 3

Michael PenningtonAlso in The Mayor of Montemilone (1984)Gerard MurphyAlso in Tattoo (1995)Richard BillinghamAlso in Fishtank (1998)

Directors from United Kingdom 3

Derek Jarman56.5Laura Mulvey56.4John Schlesinger56.9

About this person

Adam Curtis is an English documentary filmmaker. Curtis began his career as a conventional documentary producer for the BBC throughout the 1980s and into the early 1990s. The release of Pandora's Box (1992) marked the introduction of Curtis's distinctive presentation that uses collage to explore aspects of sociology, psychology, philosophy and political history.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
living
Dates
Born 1955 · age 71
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18 languages

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