Adam Curtis

Adam Curtis (born 26 May 1955) is an English documentary filmmaker.

For the British cell biologist, see Adam S. G. Curtis.

Adam Curtis
Curtis in 2005
Born
Kevin Adam Curtis

(1955-05-26) 26 May 1955
Dartford, Kent, England
EducationMansfield College, Oxford (BA)
OccupationDocumentary filmmaker
Years active1983–present
Awards4 BAFTAs
Websitewww.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis

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". His films have won five BAFTAs.

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