Adam Curtis

Career Overview

Adam Curtis has 58 screen credits in a career dating back to 1982. Signature works include Bitter Lake, The Power of Nightmares, HyperNormalisation. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

58

Birth Date

1955-05-26

Birth Place

Dartford, Kent, England, UK

Known For

• 

  Bitter Lake
• 

  The Power of Nightmares
• 

  HyperNormalisation
• 

  Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh
• 

  The Kingdom of Fun
• 

  The Cost of Treachery

Frequent Collaborators

• George W. Bush (2 collaborations)
• Ronald Reagan (2 collaborations)
• Ian Holm (2 collaborations)
• George H. W. Bush (1 collaborations)
• Joanne Herring (1 collaborations)
• Gilles Kepel (1 collaborations)
• Melvin Goodman (1 collaborations)
• Stephen Holmes (1 collaborations)
• William Kristol (1 collaborations)
• Michael Ledeen (1 collaborations)

Credits

• editing (3 credits)

  • God Turn Me Into A Flower

    editor

    editing
    2023
  • Bitter Lake

    editor

    editing
    2015
  • It Felt Like a Kiss

    editor

    editing
    2009

• directing (25 credits)

  • God Turn Me Into A Flower

    director

    directing
    2023
  • HyperNormalisation

    director

    directing
    2016
  • Living in an Unreal World

    director

    directing
    2016
  • Bitter Lake

    director

    directing
    2015
  • "Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Every Day Is Like Sunday

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Paranoia

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Murdoch's Revolution

    director

    directing
    2010
  • The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism

    director

    directing
    2009
  • It Felt Like a Kiss

    director

    directing
    2009
  • The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist

    director

    directing
    2007
  • The Power of Nightmares

    director

    directing

    - The Shadows in the Cave (2004) ... director directing

    - The Phantom Victory (2004) ... director directing

    - Baby It's Cold Outside (2004) ... director directing
    2004
  • Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

    director

    directing
    1997
  • £830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Tattoo

    director

    directing
    1995
  • The Road to Terror

    director

    directing
    1989
  • The Kingdom of Fun

    director

    directing
    1989
  • Bombay Hotel

    director

    directing
    1987
  • The Cost of Treachery

    director

    directing
    1984
  • The Mayor of Montemilone

    director

    directing
    1984
  • Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster

    director

    directing
    1984
  • Trumpets and Typewriters: A History of War Reporting

    director

    directing
    1983
  • The Seaside

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Selfridges

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Wedding Day - Not only Charles and Diana...

    director

    directing
    1982

• crew (1 credits)

  • MK Ultra

    creative consultant

    crew
    2020

• actors (9 credits)

  • MK Ultra

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • HyperNormalisation

    Self - Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Bitter Lake

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • "Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Every Day Is Like Sunday

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Paranoia

    Director

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • The Power of Nightmares

    Narrator

    actor

    actors

    - The Shadows in the Cave (2004) ... Narrator actor actors

    - The Phantom Victory (2004) ... Narrator actor actors

    - Baby It's Cold Outside (2004) ... Narrator actor actors
    2004
  • Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1997

• writing (12 credits)

  • HyperNormalisation

    writer

    writing
    2016
  • Living in an Unreal World

    writer

    writing
    2016
  • Bitter Lake

    writer

    writing
    2015
  • "Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War

    writer

    writing
    2014
  • Every Day Is Like Sunday

    writer

    writing
    2011
  • Paranoia

    writer

    writing
    2010
  • The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism

    writer

    writing
    2009
  • It Felt Like a Kiss

    writer

    writing
    2009
  • The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist

    writer

    writing
    2007
  • The Power of Nightmares

    writer

    writing

    - The Shadows in the Cave (2004) ... writer writing

    - The Phantom Victory (2004) ... writer writing

    - Baby It's Cold Outside (2004) ... writer writing
    2004
  • The Cost of Treachery

    writer

    writing
    1984
  • Selfridges

    writer

    writing
    1983

• production (7 credits)

  • It Felt Like a Kiss

    producer

    production
    2009
  • Fishtank

    producer

    production
    1998
  • Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

    producer

    production
    1997
  • The Kingdom of Fun

    producer

    production
    1989
  • The Cost of Treachery

    producer

    production
    1984
  • The Mayor of Montemilone

    producer

    production
    1984
  • Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster

    producer

    production
    1984

• creators (1 credits)

  • The Power of Nightmares

    creator

    creators
    2004