Directing
Adam Curtis
May 26, 1955 (71 years) Dartford, Kent, England, UK
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.
Known for
8.4
The Century of the Self
Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
7.5
HyperNormalisation
Writer, Director
8.1
The Power of Nightmares
Writer, Director, Creator
7.6
Bitter Lake
Director, Writer, Editor
8.3
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Director, Writer, Presenter, Creator
8.0
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom
Director, Writer
7.8
Can't Get You Out of My Head
Director, Writer, Creator
8.6
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
Writer, Director, Editor, Creator
6.0
The Way
Executive Producer, Creator, Director
6.4
40 Minutes
Director
6.5
It Felt Like a Kiss
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
7.4
Pandora's Box
Writer, Producer, Director, Creator
7.3
Shifty
Editor, Director, Creator
9.0
Modern Times
Director
7.1
The Living Dead
Director, Creator
Filmography
7.3
Shifty
2025 · Editor, Director, Creator
6.0
The Way
2024 · Executive Producer, Creator, Director
7.0
God Turn Me Into A Flower
2023 · Director, Editor
8.6
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
2022 · Writer, Director, Editor, Creator
7.8
Can't Get You Out of My Head
2021 · Self - Narrator (voice)
10.0
MK Ultra
2020 · Narrator
7.5
HyperNormalisation
2016 · Self - Narrator (voice)
8.0
Living in an Unreal World
2016 · Writer, Director
7.6
Bitter Lake
2015 · Narrator
7.2
"Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War
2014 · Narrator (voice)
8.3
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
2011 · Self - Narrator (voice)
6.8
Every Day Is Like Sunday
2011 · Narrator
6.0
Paranoia
2010 · Director
Murdoch's Revolution
2010 · Director
8.0
The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism
2009 · Narrator (voice)
6.5
It Felt Like a Kiss
2009 · Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
8.0
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom
2007 · Narrator
6.3
The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist
2007 · Writer, Director
8.1
The Power of Nightmares
2004 · Narrator
8.4
The Century of the Self
2002 · Narrator
6.9
The Mayfair Set
1999 · Producer, Director
5.0
Fishtank
1998 · Producer
6.0
Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh
1997 · Narrator
7.7
£830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings
1996 · Director
7.1
The Living Dead
1995 · Narrator
9.0
Modern Times
1995 · Director
7.4
Pandora's Box
1992 · Narrator
7.0
The Road to Terror
1989 · Director
The Kingdom of Fun
1989 · Director, Producer
6.7
An Ocean Apart
1988 · Producer, Director, Creator