Adam Curtis

Kevin Adam Curtis is an English documentary filmmaker. Curtis was a relatively 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' distinctive style that used collage, humour and popular music to explore aspects of sociology, psychology, philosophy and political history. Curtis' documentary films have won four BAFTAs.

English

General

Filmography

Born In Dartford, Kent, England
Born May 26, 1955
Gender Male
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Bitter Lake

2015

as Narrator

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

2011

as Writer, Narrator

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

2007

as Writer, Narrator

The Living Dead

1995

as Narrator

25 Million Pounds

1996

as Narrator

HyperNormalisation

2016

as Narrator

Pandora's Box

1992

as Writer, Narrator

The Century of the Self

2002

as Writer, Narrator

The Century of the Self

2002

as Narrator

The Mayfair Set

1999

as Writer, Narrator

Adam Curtis Films

1983

as Writer

Can't Get You Out of My Head

2021

as Narrator

The Power of Nightmares

2004

as Writer, Narrator

Newswipe

2009

as Himself

Director

Episode	Can't Get You Out of My Head But What If the People Are Stupid?	2021
Episode	Can't Get You Out of My Head The Lordly Ones	2021
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Living Dead: Part 1. 'On the Desperate Edge of Now'	1995
Movie	Bitter Lake	2015
Episode	The Mayfair Set Who Pays Wins	1999
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Living Dead: Part 2. 'You Have Used Me as a Fish Long Enough'	1995
Episode	The Living Dead The Attic	1995
Episode	Can't Get You Out of My Head Are We Pigeon? Or Are We Dancer?	2021
Episode	The Mayfair Set Entrepreneur Spelt S.P.I.V.	1999
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Living Dead: Part 3. 'The Attic'	1995
Episode	Adam Curtis Films 25 Million Pounds	1996
Episode	The Mayfair Set Destroy the Technostructure	1999
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh	1997
Episode	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Love and Power	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Mayfair Set: Part 1. 'Who Pays Wins'	1999
Episode	The Mayfair Set Twilight of the Dogs	1999
Episode	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Mayfair Set: Part 3. 'Destroy the Technostructure'	1999
Episode	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Century of the Self: Part 1. 'Happiness Machines'	2002
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Century of the Self: Part 2. 'The Engineering of Consent'	2002
Episode	BBC Documentaries HyperNormalisation	2016
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Century of the Self: Part 3. 'There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads; He Must Be Destroyed'	2002
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Century of the Self: Part 4. 'Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering'	2002
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Power of Nightmares: Part 1. 'Baby It's Cold Outside'	2004
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Power of Nightmares: Part 2. 'The Phantom Victory'	2004
Episode	The Power of Nightmares Baby It's Cold Outside	2004
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Power of Nightmares: Part 3. 'The Shadows in the Cave'	2004
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Trap: What Happened to our Dream of Freedom: Part 1. 'F**k You Buddy'	2007
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Trap: What Happened to our Dream of Freedom: Part 2. 'The Lonely Robot'	2007
Episode	The Power of Nightmares The Phantom Victory	2004
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Trap: What Happened to our Dream of Freedom: Part 3. 'We Will Force You To Be Free'	2007
Episode	The Power of Nightmares The Shadows In the Cave	2004
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist	2007
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Oh Dearism	2009
Movie	HyperNormalisation	2016
Episode	Adam Curtis Films It Felt Like a Kiss	2009
Episode	BBC Documentaries The Cost of Treachery	1984
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Paranoia and Moral Panics	2010
Series	Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone	2022
Episode	Adam Curtis Films All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace: Part 1. 'Love and Power'	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace: Part 2. 'The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts'	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace: Part 3. 'The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey'	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Every Day is Like Sunday	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Oh Dearism II	2014
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Living in an Unreal World	2016
Episode	Adam Curtis Films HyperNormalisation	2016
Movie	The Cost of Treachery	1984
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Murdoch's Revolution	2011
Movie	Inquiry. The Great British Housing Disaster	1984
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Bitter Lake	2015
Movie	The Road to Terror	1989
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Just Another Day: Selfridges	1983
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Just Another Day: The Seaside	1983
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Trumpets and Typewriters: A History of War Reporting	1983
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster	1984
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Italians: The Mayor of Montemilone	1984
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Cost of Treachery	1984
Episode	The Century of the Self Happiness Machines	2002
Episode	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom Fuck You, Buddy	2007
Episode	The Century of the Self The Engineering of Consent	2002
Episode	Adam Curtis Films 40 Minutes: Bombay Hotel	1987
Episode	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom The Lonely Robot	2007
Episode	The Century of the Self There Is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads. He Must Be Destroyed	2002
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 1. 'Hats Off to Mr Wilson'	1988
Episode	The Century of the Self Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering	2002
Episode	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom We Will Force You To Be Free	2007
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 2. 'Home in Pasadena'	1988
Episode	25 Million Pounds 25 Million Pounds	1996
Episode	Can't Get You Out of My Head Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain	2021
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 3. 'Here Come The British! Bang! Bang!'	1988
Episode	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom Oh, Dear-ism	2009
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 4. 'Trust Me To The Bitter End'	1988
Episode	Can't Get You Out of My Head Shooting and F**king are the Same Thing	2021
Episode	Inside Story £830,000,000: Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings	1996
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 5. 'If You Don't Like Our Peaches, Quit Shaking Our Tree'	1988
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 6. 'Under The Eagle's Wing'	1988
Episode	BBC Documentaries Bitter Lake	2015
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 7. 'Turning Up The Volume	1988
Episode	Adam Curtis Films 40 Minutes: The Kingdom of Fun	1989
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Inside Story: The Road to Terror	1989
Episode	Modern Times The Way of All Flesh	1997
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Pandora's Box: Part 1. 'The Engineers' Plot'	1992
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Pandora's Box: Part 2. 'To The Brink of Eternity'	1992
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Pandora's Box: Part 3. 'The League of Gentlemen'	1992
Episode	The Living Dead On the Desperate Edge of Now	1995
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Pandora's Box: Part 4. 'Goodbye Mrs Ant'	1992
Episode	Can't Get You Out of My Head Money Changes Everything	2021
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Pandora's Box: Part 5. 'Black Power'	1992
Movie	It Felt Like a Kiss	2009
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Pandora's Box: Part 6. 'A Is for Atom'	1992
Episode	The Living Dead You Have Used Me as a Fish Long Enough	1995

Writer

Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Living Dead: Part 1. 'On the Desperate Edge of Now'	1995
Episode	Can't Get You Out of My Head But What If the People Are Stupid?	2021
Episode	The Mayfair Set Who Pays Wins	1999
Episode	The Living Dead The Attic	1995
Episode	Can't Get You Out of My Head The Lordly Ones	2021
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Living Dead: Part 2. 'You Have Used Me as a Fish Long Enough'	1995
Movie	Bitter Lake	2015
Episode	The Mayfair Set Entrepreneur Spelt S.P.I.V.	1999
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Living Dead: Part 3. 'The Attic'	1995
Episode	Can't Get You Out of My Head Are We Pigeon? Or Are We Dancer?	2021
Episode	Newswipe Paranoia and Moral Panics	2010
Episode	Pandora's Box The Engineers' Plot	1992
Episode	Adam Curtis Films 25 Million Pounds	1996
Episode	Pandora's Box To The Brink of Eternity	1992
Episode	The Mayfair Set Destroy the Technostructure	1999
Episode	Pandora's Box The League of Gentlemen	1992
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh	1997
Episode	Pandora's Box Goodbye Mrs Ant	1992
Episode	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Love and Power	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Mayfair Set: Part 1. 'Who Pays Wins'	1999
Episode	The Mayfair Set Twilight of the Dogs	1999
Episode	Pandora's Box Black Power	1992
Episode	Pandora's Box A is For Atom	1992
Episode	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Mayfair Set: Part 3. 'Destroy the Technostructure'	1999
Episode	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Century of the Self: Part 1. 'Happiness Machines'	2002
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Century of the Self: Part 2. 'The Engineering of Consent'	2002
Episode	BBC Documentaries HyperNormalisation	2016
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Century of the Self: Part 3. 'There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads; He Must Be Destroyed'	2002
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Century of the Self: Part 4. 'Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering'	2002
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Power of Nightmares: Part 1. 'Baby It's Cold Outside'	2004
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Power of Nightmares: Part 2. 'The Phantom Victory'	2004
Episode	The Power of Nightmares Baby It's Cold Outside	2004
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Power of Nightmares: Part 3. 'The Shadows in the Cave'	2004
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Trap: What Happened to our Dream of Freedom: Part 1. 'F**k You Buddy'	2007
Episode	The Power of Nightmares The Phantom Victory	2004
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Trap: What Happened to our Dream of Freedom: Part 2. 'The Lonely Robot'	2007
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Trap: What Happened to our Dream of Freedom: Part 3. 'We Will Force You To Be Free'	2007
Episode	The Power of Nightmares The Shadows In the Cave	2004
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist	2007
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Oh Dearism	2009
Episode	Adam Curtis Films It Felt Like a Kiss	2009
Movie	HyperNormalisation	2016
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Paranoia and Moral Panics	2010
Episode	Adam Curtis Films All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace: Part 1. 'Love and Power'	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace: Part 2. 'The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts'	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace: Part 3. 'The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey'	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Every Day is Like Sunday	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Oh Dearism II	2014
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Living in an Unreal World	2016
Episode	Adam Curtis Films HyperNormalisation	2016
Movie	The Cost of Treachery	1984
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Murdoch's Revolution	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Bitter Lake	2015
Movie	Inquiry. The Great British Housing Disaster	1984
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Just Another Day: Selfridges	1983
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Just Another Day: The Seaside	1983
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Trumpets and Typewriters: A History of War Reporting	1983
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster	1984
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Italians: The Mayor of Montemilone	1984
Episode	The Century of the Self Happiness Machines	2002
Episode	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom Fuck You, Buddy	2007
Episode	Adam Curtis Films 40 Minutes: Bombay Hotel	1987
Episode	The Century of the Self The Engineering of Consent	2002
Episode	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom The Lonely Robot	2007
Episode	The Century of the Self There Is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads. He Must Be Destroyed	2002
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 1. 'Hats Off to Mr Wilson'	1988
Episode	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom We Will Force You To Be Free	2007
Episode	The Century of the Self Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering	2002
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 2. 'Home in Pasadena'	1988
Episode	25 Million Pounds 25 Million Pounds	1996
Episode	The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom Oh, Dear-ism	2009
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 3. 'Here Come The British! Bang! Bang!'	1988
Episode	Can't Get You Out of My Head Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain	2021
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 4. 'Trust Me To The Bitter End'	1988
Episode	Can't Get You Out of My Head Shooting and F**king are the Same Thing	2021
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 5. 'If You Don't Like Our Peaches, Quit Shaking Our Tree'	1988
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 6. 'Under The Eagle's Wing'	1988
Episode	BBC Documentaries Bitter Lake	2015
Episode	Adam Curtis Films An Ocean Apart: Part 7. 'Turning Up The Volume	1988
Episode	Adam Curtis Films 40 Minutes: The Kingdom of Fun	1989
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Inside Story: The Road to Terror	1989
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Pandora's Box: Part 1. 'The Engineers' Plot'	1992
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Pandora's Box: Part 2. 'To The Brink of Eternity'	1992
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Pandora's Box: Part 3. 'The League of Gentlemen'	1992
Episode	The Living Dead On the Desperate Edge of Now	1995
Series	Can't Get You Out of My Head	2021
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Pandora's Box: Part 4. 'Goodbye Mrs Ant'	1992
Episode	Can't Get You Out of My Head Money Changes Everything	2021
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Pandora's Box: Part 5. 'Black Power'	1992
Episode	The Living Dead You Have Used Me as a Fish Long Enough	1995
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Pandora's Box: Part 6. 'A Is for Atom'	1992
Movie	It Felt Like a Kiss	2009

Producer

Series	An Ocean Apart	1988
Movie	The Cost of Treachery	1984
Movie	Inquiry. The Great British Housing Disaster	1984
Movie	The Road to Terror	1989
Movie	Fishtank	1998
Movie	It Felt Like a Kiss	2009

Guest Star

Episode	Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe 2011 Wipe	2011
Episode	Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe 2014 Wipe	2014
Episode	Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe Television News	2007
Episode	Adam Curtis Films Murdoch's Revolution	2011
Episode	Adam Curtis Films The Cost of Treachery	1984