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Richard Curtis
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Film & TV
Wellington, New Zealand
Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis, CBE (born 8 November 1956) is New Zealand-born British screenwriter, music producer, actor and film director, known primarily for romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill, and Love Actually, as well as the hit sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley. He is also the founder of the British charity…
Known for
- Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell — Self2025
- Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World — Self2025
- Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out — Self2024
- Blackadder: The Lost Pilot — Self2023
- Blackadder: A Cunning Story — Self - Contributor2023
- imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter — Self2023
- The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special — Self2022
- Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me — Self2022
- Happy Birthday Mr Bean — Self2021
- The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out — Self2021
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Key facts
- Born
- Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis , ( 1956-11-08 ) 8 November 1956 (age 69) , Wellington , New Zealand
- Occupation
- Screenwriter producer director
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Education
- University of Oxford ( BA )
- Period
- 1979–present
- Spouse
- Emma Freud ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2023 )
- Children
- 4, including Scarlett Curtis
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Place of birth
- Wellington
- Spouse
- Emma Freud
- Father
- John B. Curtis
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Richard Curtis MFF 2016.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
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- unmarried partner
- Emma Freud
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- Category:Films with screenplays by Richard Curtis
- name in native language
- Richard Curtis
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis (born 8 November 1956) is a British screenwriter, producer and director. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known for romantic comedy-drama films, including Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), About Time (2013) and Yesterday (2019), as well as the war drama film War Horse (2011), and for having co-written the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley. His early career saw him write material for the comedy sketch shows Not the Nine O'Clock News and Spitting Image.
In 2007, Curtis received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He is the co-founder, with Lenny Henry, of the British charity Comic Relief, which has raised over £1 billion. At the 2008 Britannia Awards, he received the BAFTA Humanitarian Award for co-creating Comic Relief and for his contributions to other charitable causes. In 2024, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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