Richard Curtis
- 67 years old
- English
- Writer, director, producer and executive producer
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Richard 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 2021No Such Thing As A Fish to stream 20-hour long show
QI researchers are to air a mammoth 20-hour version of their hit podcast No Such Thing As A Fish for Comic Relief.
Chortle, 3rd March 2021'The Vicar Of Dibley: Inside Out' tribute documentary to air on Gold
Gold is to broadcast a two-hour documentary celebrating hit sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley, with all its surviving key stars and creatives taking part.
British Comedy Guide, 14th January 2021Mr Bean live action return mooted
New live action Mr Bean episodes could be made, it has been revealed, as the TV character turned 31 this month.
British Comedy Guide, 11th January 2021