Richard Curtis
- 68 years old
- English
- Writer, director, producer and executive producer
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Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Aisling Bea urge UK banks to stop financing fossil fuels
Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Aisling Bea are among celebrities calling on the five of the UK's biggest High Street banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coal projects.
Beth Timmins, BBC, 25th January 2023Love Actually director Richard Curtis uncomfortable with movie's lack of diversity
Love Actually director Richard Curtis has said he feels "a bit stupid" about parts of his 2003 Christmas rom-com, including its lack of diversity.
Paul Glynn, BBC, 30th November 2022Rowan Atkinson set to profit from Mr Bean NFTs
The hapless character is ready to jump on the NFT bandwagon, with Rowan Atkinson, his creator, set to profit from selling unique Mr Bean artwork online.
Jake Kanter, The Times, 7th May 2022Richard Curtis on comedy being overlooked at the Oscars
Screenwriter and director Richard Curtis has said it is a "real issue that comedy isn't respected as much" at key awards ceremonies like the Oscars. The Love Actually director said awards voters often overlook the genre, "particularly the actors. I always get very antsy about the fact that Will Ferrell didn't get nominated for Elf", Curtis said at the Oscar Wilde Awards in Los Angeles.
Steven McIntosh, BBC, 25th March 2022Bernard And The Genie: 1991 Richard Curtis sleeper is a Christmas cracker
Lenny Henry, Rowan Atkinson and Alan Cumming star in a fantasy-comedy that's a rollicking tale of good versus evil.
Elizabeth Quinn, The Guardian, 23rd December 2021Richard Curtis: Beauty and the Beast pantomime is full of mistakes, jokes & joy
Some of the actors made an effort to put Christmas trees and decorations in their background; others wore tuxedos for reasons that are hard to fathom.
Richard Curtis, i Newspaper, 17th December 2021Lily James to star in Comic Relief's Beauty And The Beast pantomime
Lily James, Oliver Chris, Guz Khan, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Sian Gibson, Susan Wokoma, Celia Imrie, Pam Ferris, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal are amongst the cast for BBC Two's Beauty And The Beast - A Pantomime For Comic Relief.
British Comedy Guide, 9th December 2021Richard Curtis rules out fifth series of Blackadder
Blackadder creator Richard Curtis has hinted there will be no fifth series of the show as it would 'finish him off' as filming four series was such 'hard work'
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 28th July 2021Notting Hill's real-life inspiration remains a mystery
More than two decades later, we still don't know who inspired Richard Curtis to write Notting Hill.
Kayti Burt, Den Of Geek, 1st May 2021Our favourite films: About Time
Is there a more perfect title?
Leigh Lim, Comedy To Watch, 18th March 2021