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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
  • Born In Dartford, Kent, England
  • Born May 26, 1955
  • Gender Male
  • Created February 14, 2021 by
    Administrator admin
  • Modified September 29, 2021 by
    kleh

Bitter Lake

2015
as 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 Mayfair Set

1999
as Writer, 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
Movie Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh 1997
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