"If you make a film about a man kidnapping a woman and chaining her to a radiator for five years - something that has happened probably once in history - it's called searingly realistic analysis of society. If I make a film like Love Actually, which is about people falling in love, and there are a about a million people falling in love in Britain today, it's called a sentimental presentation of an unrealistic world."
Richard Curtis CBE (born 8 November 1956) is an acclaimed British screenwriter, producer and film director. He has written and/or directed several beloved romantic comedies, including: Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Notting Hill (1999), the first two Bridget Jones films, Love Actually (2003), About Time (2013) and Yesterday (2019).
Additionally, he has co-created several classic Britcoms like Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley, and has written for such series as Not the Nine O'Clock News, and Spitting Image. He has also dabbled in more dramatic fare, such as War Horse, and the 2011 Doctor Who episode "Vincent and the Doctor".
And as if all that wasn't enough, Curtis co-founded the UK charity Comic Relief with Lenny Henry.
Selected filmography:
- Film
- The Tall Guy (1989) (writer only)
- Bernard and the Genie (1991) (writer only)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) (writer, executive producer)
- Bean (1997) (writer, executive producer)
- Notting Hill (1999) (writer, executive producer)
- Bridget Jones:
- Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) (writer only)
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) (writer only)
- Love Actually (2003) (director, writer)
- Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) (executive producer only)
- The Boat That Rocked (2009) (director, writer, executive producer)
- War Horse (2011) (writer only)
- About Time (2013) (director, writer, executive producer)
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) (story, executive producer)
- Yesterday (2019) (writer, producer)
- That Christmas (2024) (writer, based upon his books)
- Television
- Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979-1982) (writer)
- Blackadder (1983-1989) (writer, co-creator)
- Spitting Image (1984-1985) (writer)
- Mr. Bean (1990-1995) (writer, co-creator)
- The Vicar of Dibley (1994-2007) (writer, executive producer)
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) (writer, pilot episode)
- Doctor Who (2010) (writer, "Vincent and the Doctor")
