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Adam Curtis

1955 - Today

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Adam Curtis (born 26 May 1955) 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. His style has been described as involving, "whiplash digressions, menacing atmospherics and arpeggiated scores, and the near-psychedelic compilation of archival footage", narrated by Curtis himself with "patrician economy and assertion". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Adam Curtis is the 1,883rd most popular film director (down from 1,776th in 2024), the 6,680th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,251st in 2019) and the 144th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Adam Curtis ranks 1,878 out of 2,041. Before him are Philippe de Chauveron. After him are Emanuele Crialese, Peter Deming, Gary Winick, Bruce Cohen, Simon Kinberg, Sam Esmail, Florian Gallenberger, Peter Webber, Gurinder Chadha, Douglas McGrath, and Sebastian Schipper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Adam Curtis ranks 686. Before him are Douglas Crockford, Sheldon Whitehouse, José Pilar Reyes, Kenth Eldebrink, Mark Howe, and Hiroshi Hayano. After him are Lorraine Moller, Bruce Altman, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Paul Ginsparg, Gedde Watanabe, and Jack Sikma.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adam Curtis ranks 6,682 out of 8,785. Before him are Ryan Bertrand (1989), Domino Harvey (1969), Peter Wingfield (1962), Jonny Wilkinson (1979), Nick Faldo (1957), and Cameron Borthwick-Jackson (1997). After him are Mark Lewis Jones (1964), Georgina Chapman (1976), Joanne Froggatt (1980), Warren Ellis (1968), Dan Smith (1986), and Raquel Cassidy (1968).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Adam Curtis ranks 144. Before him are Bill Forsyth (1946), David Mackenzie (1966), Miguel Sapochnik (1974), Kevin Macdonald (1967), Peter Cattaneo (1964), and Simon Curtis (1960). After him are Simon Kinberg (1973), Peter Webber (1968), David Slade (1969), Chris Cunningham (1970), Bernard Rose (1960), and Ben Davis (1961).

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