Richard Curtis Highlights

  • 2007: Executive produced, "Mr. Bean's Holiday" reteaming him with Atkinson
  • 2005: Wrote "The Girl in the Cafe," produced by the BBC and HBO as part of the Make Poverty History campaign's Live 8 efforts
  • 2004: Wrote "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," the sequal to the smash hit "Bridget Jones's Diary"
  • 2003: Directing debut, "Love Actually," starring Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant; also wrote screenplay; received Golden Globe nomination for Best Screenplay
  • 2001: Penned the adaptation of "Bridget Jones's Diary" from the Bet-selling novel by Helen Fielding
  • 1999: Penned the comedy "Notting Hill" starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts
  • 1997: Wrote and produced "Bean," the film adaptation of the popular TV series
  • 1994: Created, executive produced, and wrote "The Vicar of Dibley" starring Dawn French as a female cleric in a small town
  • 1994: Co-executive produced and wrote the British comedy, "Four Weddings and a Funeral"; earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Screenplay
  • 1991: Wrote the screenplay for the TV-movie "Bernard and the Genie," starring Alan Cumming and Lenny Henry
  • 1990: Wrote the successful ITV comedy "Mr Bean" (aired in the USA on HBO, 1992-1994; also aired on PBS)
  • 1989: Co-penned with Elton, "Blackadder Goes Forth," the last installment of the series starring Atkinson, Laurie and Stephen Fry
  • 1989: Feature screenwriting debut, the comedy "The Tall Guy", directed by Mel Smith
  • 1988: Penned "Black Adder's Christmas Carol" a biting retelling of the Dickens classic
  • 1987: Co-wrote with Elton, "Black Adder the Third," starring Atkinson as a butler to Hugh Laurie's Prince Regent
  • 1986: Collaborated writer Ben Elton on "Blackadder II," starring Atkinson as a direct descendant of his character in the first series
  • 1985: Started British Comic Relief
  • 1983: Co-wrote with Atkinson, "The Black Adder" (BBC-1); Atkinson also starred as the title character
  • 1979: Wrote for BBC-2's "Not the Nine O'Clock News", a sketch comedy show featuring Atkinson and Mel Smith
  • Raised in part in the Phillipines and Sweden
  • Met Rowan Atkinson while attending Oxford University's Christ Church College; they shared a house for two years

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