Adam Curtis

Born: 1955-05-26

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.


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HyperNormalisation

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 2016-10-25

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie....

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Bitter Lake

as Narrator
Released: 2015-01-24

An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role...

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Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

as Narrator
Released: 1997-03-19

In 1951, a woman died in Baltimore, U.S.A. She was called Henrietta Lacks. These are cells from...

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Paranoia

as Director
Released: 2010-08-03

Short film using the paranoia of Richard Nixon to explore how a similar outlook on life has been...

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The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2009-08-03

Short film about how mainstream media simplify complex events and present them as "scattered...

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Every Day Is Like Sunday

as Narrator
Released: 2011-07-27

As we wait to see whether Rupert Murdoch will fall from power and lose control of News...

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"Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2014-08-03

Short film examining the global events of 2014 to reveal a chaotic morass, the reporting of...

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The Power of Nightmares

as Narrator
First aired: 2004-10-20

Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.

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The Century of the Self

as Narrator
First aired: 2002-03-17

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world...

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The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

as Narrator
First aired: 2007-03-11

Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines...

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All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2011-05-23

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we...

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Pandora's Box

as Narrator
First aired: 1992-06-11

Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the...

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Can't Get You Out of My Head

as Himself (Narrator)
First aired: 2021-02-11

In six films, Adam Curtis traces the different forces across the world that have led to now. It...

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The Living Dead

as Narrator
First aired: 1995-03-15

This series investigated the way that history and memory have been used by politicians and others.

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