Mr. Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis CBE (born November 8, 1956) is a British film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his romantic comedy films, including Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), About Time (2013), and Yesterday (2019).
He is also known for co-writing the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and The Vicar of Dibley, as well as the drama War Horse (2011). During his early career, he wrote for the BBC’s Not the Nine O’Clock News and ITV’s Spitting Image.
Curtis was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2007. He co-founded the British charity Comic Relief with Sir Lenny Henry, which has raised over £1 billion. [3] He received the BAFTA Humanitarian Award for co-creating Comic Relief and his contributions to other charitable causes at the 2008 Britannia Awards.
Curtis was named one of the 50 funniest people in British comedy by The Observer in 2003. He was ranked number 12 on The Telegraph’s list of the “100 most powerful people in British culture” in 2008. In 2012, he was chosen by artist Sir Peter Blake as one of the British cultural icons to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork—the cover of The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Is Richard Curtis still alive?
Mr. Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis CBE is a British screenwriter, producer, and film director who was born on November 8, 1956. He is still alive, according to research.