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{{Short description|British screenwriter, producer and director}}
{{Other people|Richard Curtis}}
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| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|CBE}}
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| caption            = Curtis at the [[2024 BFI London Film Festival|68th BFI London Film Festival]] premiere of ''[[That Christmas]]'' on 19 October 2024
| birth_name       = Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|11|8}}
| birth_place      = [[Wellington]], New Zealand
| occupation       = {{hlist|Screenwriter|producer|director}}
| citizenship      = United Kingdom
| alma_mater       = [[Christ Church, Oxford]]
| period           = 1979–present
| spouse           = {{marriage|[[Emma Freud]]|2023}}
| children         = 4, including [[Scarlett Curtis]]
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'''Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis''' (born 8 November 1956) is a British screenwriter, producer and director. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known for [[romantic comedy]]-drama films, including ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'' (1994), ''[[Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]'' (1999), ''[[Bridget Jones's Diary (film)|Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' (2001), ''[[Love Actually]]'' (2003), ''[[Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason]]'' (2004), ''[[About Time (2013 film)|About Time]]'' (2013), ''[[Yesterday (2019 film)|Yesterday]]'' (2019) and ''[[That Christmas]]'' (2024), as well as the war drama film ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]'' (2011), and for having co-written the sitcoms ''[[Blackadder]]'', ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' and ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''. His early career saw him write material for the comedy sketch shows ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' and ''[[Spitting Image]]''.

In 2007, Curtis received the [[BAFTA Fellowship]] for lifetime achievement from the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Curtis – Academy Fellow in 2007 |url=http://www.bafta.org/television/awards/richard-curtis-at-the-latitude-festival,187,BA.html |access-date=7 April 2013 |website=[[Bafta.org]] |date=21 December 2007 |archive-date=15 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415002014/http://www.bafta.org/television/awards/richard-curtis-at-the-latitude-festival,187,BA.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is the co-founder, with [[Lenny Henry]], of the British charity [[Comic Relief]], which has raised over £1 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 March 2015 |title=Comic Relief raises £1bn over 30-year existence |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31874360 |access-date=18 March 2015 |work=[[BBC News Online]]}}</ref> At the 2008 [[Britannia Awards]], he received the BAFTA Humanitarian Award for co-creating Comic Relief and for his contributions to other charitable causes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 October 2007 |title=Richard Curtis is king of the 'Hill' |url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/awards/richard-curtis-is-king-of-the-hill-1117975118/?jwsource=cl |access-date=23 July 2022 |work=Variety}}</ref> In 2024, he received the [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]] from the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-12 |title=The Academy to honor Richard Curtis, Quincy Jones, Juliet Taylor, Michael G. Wilson & Barbara Broccoli at 15th Governors Awards|url=https://press.oscars.org/news/academy-honor-richard-curtis-quincy-jones-juliet-taylor-michael-g-wilson-barbara-broccoli-15th |access-date=18 November 2024 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>

Curtis was listed in ''[[The Observer]]'' as one of the 50 funniest figures in British comedy in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 December 2003 |title=The A-Z of laughter (part one) |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/dec/07/comedy.thebestofbritishcomedy1 |access-date=23 July 2022 |work=[[The Observer]]}}</ref> In 2008, he was ranked number 12 in a list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture" compiled by ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 November 2016 |title=The 100 most powerful people in British culture |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3672604/The-100-most-powerful-people-in-British-culture-1-20.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> In 2012, he was one of the British cultural icons selected by artist [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]] 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]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 April 2012 |title=New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Curtis was born in [[Wellington]], New Zealand. He is the son of Glyness S. and Anthony J. Curtis.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Curtis Biography (1956-) |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/27/Richard-Curtis.html |website=FilmReference.com}}</ref> His father was a [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak]] refugee who moved to Australia when aged 13<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 2014 |title=Emma Freud tells her Dad's refugee story |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ty5atPWGI |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211108/c4ty5atPWGI |archive-date=8 November 2021 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and became an executive at [[Unilever]]. Curtis and his family lived in several different countries during his childhood, including Sweden and the Philippines, before moving to the United Kingdom when he was 11.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 October 2016 |title=How Blackadder changed the history of television comedy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/how-blackadder-changed-the-history-of-television-comedy-1705107.html |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

Curtis attended [[Papplewick School]] in [[Ascot, Berkshire]] (as did his younger brother Jamie). For a short period in the 1970s, he lived in [[Warrington]], [[Cheshire]], where he attended Appleton Grammar School (now [[Bridgewater High School, Warrington|Bridgewater High School]]). He lived at Merricourt on Windmill Lane, [[Appleton, Warrington|Appleton]], Warrington, during this time. His university friend [[Rowan Atkinson]] was an occasional visitor to the house.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-17 |title=Lovely memories of life with the Curtis family |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15290907.lovely-memories-of-life-with-the-curtis-family/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Warrington Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

Curtis then won a scholarship to [[Harrow School]], where he joined the editorial team of ''[[The Harrovian]]'', the weekly school magazine, and this, he asserts, is "where I learned all the skills that made me a sketch writer. I did reviews, comment pieces and funny articles where I'd try to conjure something out of nothing."<ref name=Morwood-Curtis/> While at Harrow, he directed a school performance of [[Joe Orton]]'s play ''[[The Erpingham Camp]]''; this controversial choice was given the 'green light' by his classics master, [[James Morwood]]. Curtis later commented that Morwood's support had helped him understand that it was all right "to push boundaries and to be funny".<ref name="Morwood-Curtis">{{Cite news |last=Curtis |first=Richard |date=27 March 2015 |title=James Morwood by Richard Curtis |url=https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/james-morwood-richard-curtis?amp= |access-date=16 June 2022 |work=[[The Times Educational Supplement]]}}</ref> Curtis did not approve of [[fagging]] at the school, and at 18, when he became head of his house, he banned it.<ref name=Morwood-Curtis/>

Curtis achieved a first-class Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature at [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. At the [[University of Oxford]], he met and began working with [[Rowan Atkinson]], after they both joined the scriptwriting team of the Etceteras revue, part of the [[Experimental Theatre Club]]. He appeared in the company's "After Eights" at the [[Oxford Playhouse]] in May 1976.

==Early writing career==
Collaborating with [[Rowan Atkinson]] in [[The Oxford Revue]], he appeared alongside him at his breakthrough [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe|Edinburgh Fringe]] show. As a result, he was commissioned to co-write the BBC Radio 3 series ''[[The Atkinson People]]'' with Atkinson in 1978, which was broadcast in 1979.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan/31/tvandradio Radio Picks], ''The Guardian'', 31 January 2007</ref> He then began to write comedy for film and TV. He was a regular writer on the BBC comedy series ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'', where he wrote many of the show's satirical sketches, often with Rowan Atkinson. Curtis co-wrote with [[Philip Pope]] for [[the Hee Bee Gee Bees]]' song "Meaningless Songs (In Very High Voices)", released in 1980, to parody the style of a series of the [[Bee Gees]]' disco hits. In 1984 and 1985, Curtis wrote material for ITV's satirical puppet show ''[[Spitting Image]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Spitting Image plans ITV return |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3720773.stm |access-date=29 September 2019 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

First with Atkinson and later with [[Ben Elton]], Curtis then wrote the ''[[Blackadder]]'' series from 1983 to 1989, each season focusing on a different era in British history. Atkinson played [[Edmund Blackadder|the lead]] throughout, but Curtis was the only writer who participated in [[List of Blackadder episodes|every episode of ''Blackadder'']]. The pair continued their collaboration with the comedy series ''[[Mr. Bean]]'', which ran from 1990 to 1995.

Curtis had by then already begun writing feature films. His first was ''[[The Tall Guy]]'' (1989), a romantic comedy starring [[Jeff Goldblum]], [[Emma Thompson]] and Rowan Atkinson and produced by Working Title films. The TV movie ''[[Bernard and the Genie]]'' followed in 1991.

In 1994, Curtis created and co-wrote ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'' for comedian [[Dawn French]], which was a great success. In an online poll conducted in 2004 for ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom]]'', it was voted the third-best sitcom in British history and ''Blackadder'' the second-best, making Curtis the only screenwriter to create two shows in the poll's top 10 programmes.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2004 |title=The Final Top Ten Sitcoms |url=http://www.bbcattic.org/sitcom/winner.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013160237/http://www.bbcattic.org/sitcom/winner.shtml |archive-date=13 October 2014 |access-date=8 October 2014 |website=bbcattic.org |publisher=[[BBC]] |location=London}}</ref>

==Film career==
Curtis achieved his breakthrough success with the romantic comedy ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]].'' The 1994 film, starring [[Hugh Grant]] and [[Andie MacDowell]], was produced on a limited budget by the British production company [[Working Title Films]]. Curtis chose [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]] to direct the film after watching his TV film ''[[Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill]]''.<ref name="bafta1">{{Cite web |date=30 September 2013 |title=Richard Curtis: Screenwriting Lecture |url=http://guru.bafta.org/richard-curtis-screenwriting-lecture |access-date=18 August 2015 |website=[[BAFTA|BAFTA Guru]]}}</ref> ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' proved to be the top-grossing British film in history at that time. It made an international star of Grant, and Curtis' Oscar nomination for the script catapulted him to prominence (though the Oscar went to [[Quentin Tarantino]] and [[Roger Avary]] for ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]''). The film was also nominated for Best Picture, but lost to ''[[Forrest Gump]]''.

[[File:Richard.Curtis(London 1999).jpg|thumb|upright|Curtis in London, 1999, the year ''[[Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]'' was released]]
Curtis' next film was also for Working Title, which has remained his artistic home ever since. 1997's ''[[Bean (film)|Bean]]'' brought Mr. Bean to the big screen and was a huge hit around the world. He continued his association with Working Title writing the 1999 romantic comedy ''[[Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]],'' starring Hugh Grant and [[Julia Roberts]], which broke the record set by ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' to become the top-grossing British film. The story of a lonely travel bookstore owner who falls in love with the world's most famous movie star was directed by [[Roger Michell]].

Curtis next co-wrote the screen adaptation of the international bestseller ''[[Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' for Working Title. Curtis knew the novel's writer [[Helen Fielding]] and has credited her with saying that his original script for ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' was too upbeat and needed the addition of the titular funeral.

Two years later, Curtis re-teamed with Working Title to write and direct ''[[Love Actually]]''. Curtis has said in interviews that the sprawling, multi-character structure of ''Love Actually'' owes a debt to his favourite film, [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]''. The film featured a large [[ensemble cast]] of prominent UK actors, including Grant, [[Colin Firth]], [[Bill Nighy]], [[Emma Thompson]], [[Liam Neeson]], [[Andrew Lincoln]], [[Alan Rickman]] and [[Keira Knightley]], in a loosely connected series of stories about people in and out of love in London in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Its regular festive screening has seen it labelled as being arguably a modern-day Christmas staple.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The best Christmas movies on Netflix UK |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/best-christmas-movies-netflix-uk/love-actually/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213102351/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/best-christmas-movies-netflix-uk/love-actually/ |archive-date=13 December 2017 |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Tapper |first1=Jake |last2=Berryman |first2=Kim |date=20 December 2013 |title=Is 'Love Actually" a new Christmas classic? |url=http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/20/is-love-actually-a-new-christmas-classic/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903190918/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/20/is-love-actually-a-new-christmas-classic/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 September 2014 |access-date=30 July 2019 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

Curtis followed this in 2004 with work as co-writer on ''[[Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason]]'', the sequel to ''[[Bridget Jones's Diary (film)|Bridget Jones's Diary]]''. Curtis then wrote the screenplay to ''[[The Girl in the Café]]'', a television film directed by [[David Yates]] and produced by the [[BBC]] and [[HBO]] as part of the [[Make Poverty History]] campaign's [[Live 8]] efforts in 2005. The film stars [[Bill Nighy]] as a civil servant and [[Kelly Macdonald]] as a young woman he falls in love with at a fictional [[G8|G8 summit]] in Iceland. Macdonald's character pushes him to ask whether the developed countries of the world cannot do more to help the most impoverished. The film was timed to air just before the [[31st G8 summit|Gleneagles G8 summit]] in 2005. It received three [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]]s in 2006, including [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie|Outstanding Made for Television Movie]], [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie]] for [[Kelly Macdonald]] and a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special]] trophy for Curtis himself. Curtis said of Yates' direction that he made "a much more beautiful film, and a surprising film and a better film than I could possibly have made."<ref name="bafta1" />

{{quote box|width=30%|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|align=left|quote="The difference between having a good idea for a movie and a finished movie is the same as seeing a pretty girl across the floor at a party and being there when she gives birth to your third child... It's a very long journey."|source=—Curtis speaking in 2013 on the filmmaking process.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bat For Lashes' latest record is the soundtrack to an imaginary 1980s vampire movie |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49562643 |access-date=4 September 2019 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>}}
In May 2007, he received the [[BAFTA Fellowship]] at the [[British Academy Television Awards]] in recognition of his successful career in film and television and his charity efforts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Television │ Fellowship in 2007 – Winner: Richard Curtis CBE |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2007/television/fellowship |access-date=18 August 2015 |website=[[BAFTA]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Archie |date=18 May 2007 |title=British acad to honor Curtis – Scribe wrote 'Vicar of Dibley,' 'Girl in the Cafe' |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/british-acad-to-honor-curtis-1117965325/ |access-date=15 October 2012 |work=[[Variety.com]]}}</ref> Curtis next co-wrote with [[Anthony Minghella]] an adaptation of [[Alexander McCall Smith]]'s novel, ''[[The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (novel)|The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency]]'', which Minghella shot in mid-2007 in Botswana. It premiered on the BBC on 23 March 2008, just days after Minghella's death. The film did not run in the US until early 2009, when HBO aired it as the pilot of a resulting six-episode TV series with the same cast, on which Curtis served as executive producer.

[[File:The boat that rocked filming cropped2.jpg|thumb|upright|Curtis (bottom) during filming ''[[The Boat That Rocked]]'' in [[Trafalgar Square]], London in May 2009]]
His second film as writer/director, ''[[The Boat That Rocked]]'', was released in 2009. The film was set in 1966 in the era of [[British pirate radio]]. It followed a group of DJs on a [[pirate radio station]] run from a boat in the [[North Sea]]. The film starred [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]], [[Bill Nighy]], [[Nick Frost]], [[Rhys Ifans]], [[Gemma Arterton]] and [[Kenneth Branagh]]. The film was a commercial and critical disappointment in the UK. Curtis re-edited the film for its US release where it was re-titled ''Pirate Radio'', but also failed to find an audience. He followed that with ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]'', which he rewrote for director [[Steven Spielberg]] based on an earlier script by playwright [[Lee Hall (playwright)|Lee Hall]]. Curtis was recommended to Spielberg by [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks Studio]] executive [[Stacey Snider]], who had worked with Curtis during her time at [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]. Curtis's work on the World War I-set ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]'' meant he was already familiar with the period.<ref name=EmpSpSpecial>{{Citation |last=Freer |first=Ian |title=Spielberg Special Part Two: War Horse |date=December 2011 <!-- issue (published 26 October 2011) --> |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |pages=100–106 |url=http://www.mediamaxonline.com/dailybuzz/open/print/398842.pdf |access-date=15 October 2012 |author-link=Ian Freer |archive-date=31 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331195307/http://www.mediamaxonline.com/dailybuzz/open/print/398842.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Curtis then wrote ''[[Mary and Martha (film)|Mary and Martha]]'', a BBC/HBO television film directed by Phillip Noyce. The film starred [[Hilary Swank]] and [[Brenda Blethyn]] as two women who bond after they both lose their sons to malaria. The film was broadcast in the UK on 1 March 2013. He next wrote and directed ''[[About Time (2013 film)|About Time]]'', a romantic comedy/drama about time travel and family love.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oliver Lyttelton |date=19 January 2012 |title='Four Weddings' & 'Love Actually' Mastermind Richard Curtis – The Playlist |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/four-weddings-and-love-actually-mastermind-richard-curtis-returns-to-directing-with-sci-fi-comedy-drama-about-time |access-date=20 January 2015 |website=The Playlist}}</ref> It starred [[Rachel McAdams]], [[Domhnall Gleeson]], [[Bill Nighy]], [[Tom Hollander]], [[Margot Robbie]], [[Lydia Wilson]] and [[Vanessa Kirby]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=It's 'About Time' For Rachel McAdams & Richard Curtis; Actress Lines Up Anton Corbijn's 'A Most Wanted Man' &#124; The Playlist |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/its-about-time-for-rachel-mcadams-richard-curtis-actress-lines-up-anton-corbijns-a-most-wanted-man-20120510 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513211722/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/its-about-time-for-rachel-mcadams-richard-curtis-actress-lines-up-anton-corbijns-a-most-wanted-man-20120510 |archive-date=13 May 2012 |access-date=11 March 2013 |publisher=Blogs.indiewire.com}}</ref> It was released in the UK on 4 September 2013. Soon after the film came out, Curtis delivered a screenwriting lecture as part of the BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series.<ref name="bafta.org">{{Cite news |date=30 September 2013 |title=Richard Curtis Delivers his BAFTA Screenwriters' Lecture |url=http://www.bafta.org/film/features/richard-curtis-delivers-his-bafta-screenwriters-lecture,3946,BA.html |access-date=24 October 2013 |work=BAFTA |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194410/http://www.bafta.org/film/features/richard-curtis-delivers-his-bafta-screenwriters-lecture,3946,BA.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He followed that with ''[[Trash (2014 film)|Trash]]'', which he adapted from the [[Trash (novel)|novel]] by Andy Mulligan for director [[Stephen Daldry]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Child |first=Ben |date=6 April 2011 |title=Stephen Daldry and Richard Curtis pick up Trash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/apr/06/stephen-daldry-richard-curtis-trash |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London}}</ref> With three unknown Brazilian children in the lead roles, the film co-starred [[Wagner Moura]], [[Rooney Mara]] and [[Martin Sheen]]. It was filmed in 2013 in Rio de Janeiro and released in Brazil on 9 October 2014 and in the UK on 30 January 2015.

He next wrote ''[[Roald Dahl's Esio Trot]]'', a BBC television film adaptation of [[Roald Dahl]]'s classic children's [[Esio Trot|novel]].<ref name="Acclaim">{{Cite news |title=Esio Trot review – Dench sparkles, Hoffman is perfect; World's Strongest Man |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jan/02/esio-trot-roald-dahl-judi-dench-dustin-hoffman-james-corden-tv-review |access-date=31 August 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Receiving acclaim, the film starred [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Judi Dench]], with [[James Corden]] as the narrator, was directed by [[Dearbhla Walsh]] and was broadcast on BBC on 1 January 2015.<ref name="Acclaim" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Irish director Dearbhla Walsh to direct Roald Dahl film |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23813593 |access-date=20 January 2015 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> His next film, ''[[Yesterday (2019 film)|Yesterday]]'', was adapted from an original screenplay by [[Jack Barth]] (who received only "co-story" credit, reportedly at Curtis's insistence).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=21 May 2020 |title=How One 'Yesterday' Screenwriter's Dream Became A Nightmare |url=https://uproxx.com/movies/jack-barth-interview-yesterday-writer-richard-curtis/ |access-date=22 May 2020 |website=UPROXX |language=en-US}}</ref> The film, directed by [[Danny Boyle]] and starring [[Lily James]] and [[Himesh Patel]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Lily James in Talks to Star in Danny Boyle Comedy (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lily-james-talks-star-danny-boyle-comedy-1093179 |access-date=2 October 2018 |magazine=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> follows a young man who discovers that the entire world except for him has no memory of [[the Beatles]], allowing him to become a global pop star by performing their songs as his own. While Barth's original screenplay depicted an obscure musician unable to capitalize on his windfall, Curtis's more conventional script featured an independent musician unable to control his own career once the music industry takes over.<ref name=":1" /> It began filming on 21 April 2018 and was released on 28 June 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=14 March 2019 |title=Tribeca Slots Danny Boyle's 'Yesterday' As Closing-Night Film, Galas For Trey Anastasio Doc, 'Apocalypse Now,' 'Say Anything ...' |url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/tribeca-slots-danny-boyles-yesterday-as-closing-night-film-gala-screenings-for-trey-anastasio-doc-apocalypse-now-say-anything-1202575642/ |access-date=4 September 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>

==Campaigning==
[[File:Richard Curtis MFF 2016.jpg|thumb|upright|Curtis at Montclair Film Festival in 2016]]
Curtis and [[Lenny Henry]] are co-founders and co-creators of [[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]]. He is also a founder of [[Make Poverty History]]. He organised the [[Live 8]] concerts with [[Bob Geldof]] to publicise poverty, particularly in Africa, and pressure [[G8]] leaders to adopt his proposals for ending it. He has written of his work in ''[[The Observer]]'' in the Global development section in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Curtis |first=Richard |date=24 April 2005 |title=Place your cross for Africa's Aids orphans _ Global development |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/apr/24/internationalaidanddevelopment.hearafrica05 |access-date=8 June 2013 |work=[[The Observer]]}}</ref>

Curtis helped spearhead the launch of the [[Robin Hood tax]] campaign in 2010. The campaign fights for a 0.05% tax levied on each bank trade ranging from shares to foreign exchange and derivatives that could generate $700bn worldwide and be spent on measures to combat domestic and international poverty as well as fight [[climate change]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mathiason |first=Nick |date=9 February 2010 |title=Richard Curtis and Bill Nighy team up in new film urging Tobin tax on bankers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/feb/09/tobin-tax-nighy-curtis-film |access-date=16 February 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

In October 2010, a short film created by Curtis titled [[No Pressure (2010 film)|''No Pressure'']] was released by the [[10:10 campaign]] in Britain to promote [[climate change politics]]. The film depicted a series of scenes in which people were asked if they were going to participate in the 10:10 campaign, told there was "no pressure" to do so, but if they did not, they were blown up at the press of a red button.
Reaction was mixed, but the video was swiftly removed from the organisation's website.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vaughan |first=Adam |date=7 October 2010 |title=No Pressure: the fall-out from Richard Curtis's explosive climate film |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2010/oct/04/10-10-activism |access-date=7 October 2010 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London}}</ref>

In March 2011, Curtis apologised following a complaint by the [[British Stammering Association]] about 2011 [[Comic Relief]]'s opening skit, a parody by Lenny Henry of the 2010 film ''[[The King's Speech]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 March 2011 |title='Speech' stammer spoof under fire |url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/2011/03/22/17709151-wenn-story.html |access-date=22 March 2011 |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]] |archive-date=2 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302192847/http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/2011/03/22/17709151-wenn-story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Curtis talked the producer of ''[[American Idol]]'' into doing a show wherein celebrities journeyed into Africa and experienced the level of poverty for themselves. It was called ''[[Idol Gives Back|American Idol: Idol Gives Back]]''. In 2014, he publicly backed "Hacked Off" and its campaign in support of UK press self-regulation by "safeguarding the press from political interference while also giving vital protection to the vulnerable."<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 March 2014 |title=Benedict Cumberbatch, Alfonso Cuaron, Maggie Smith Back U.K. Press Regulation |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/benedict-cumberbatch-alfonso-cuaron-maggie-689289 |access-date=26 August 2014 |publisher=Hollywoodreporter.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ian Burrell |date=18 March 2014 |title=Campaign group Hacked Off urge newspaper industry to back the Royal Charter on press freedom |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/campaign-group-hacked-off-urge-newspaper-industry-to-back-the-royal-charter-on-press-freedom-9197869.html |access-date=26 August 2014 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hacked Off |url=http://hackinginquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/4282-HackedOff-Guardian-ad-286x440-d3.png |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302093453/http://hackinginquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/4282-HackedOff-Guardian-ad-286x440-d3.png |archive-date=2 March 2015 |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref>

In August 2014, Curtis was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''[[The Guardian]]'' opposing [[Scottish independence]] in the run-up to September's [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|referendum on that issue]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 August 2014 |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |access-date=26 August 2014 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

In 2020, Curtis co-founded the climate finance campaign [[Make My Money Matter]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Curtis launches Make My Money Matter to promote ethical pensions |url=https://www.unbiased.co.uk/news/financial-adviser/pensions-actually-richard-curtis-launches-drive-for-ethical-fund-investment |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Unbiased}}</ref> According to Campaign Director David Hayman the campaign "is all about helping people understand the impact of their money and how helping them think that if they are saving for retirement, what kind of retirement is their money saving for? What kind of world is it building?"<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 February 2023 |title=Make My Money Matter – The pressure increases on banks |url=https://thefinanser.com/2023/02/make-my-money-matter-the-pressure-increases-on-banks/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=The Finanser}}</ref>

In 2021, he joined the [[Rewriting Extinction]] campaign to fight the climate and biodiversity crisis through comics. He wrote a comic story in collaboration with [[War and Peas]] named "Woke". It was printed in the book ''The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World''<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World |publisher=[[DK (publisher)|DK]] |year=2021 |isbn=978-0241513514}}</ref> which was released on 28 October 2021 by [[DK (publisher)|DK]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Make YOUR Money Matter: Richard Curtis, War and Peas & friends |url=https://rewritingextinction.com/stories/make-your-money-matter-with-richard-curtis-war-peas-and-friends/ |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=Rewriting Extinction}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Curtis lives in [[Notting Hill]] and has a country house in [[Walberswick]], Suffolk<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=27 March 2005 |title=The producer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/mar/27/broadcasting.bbc |access-date=8 October 2007 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=UK}}</ref> with broadcaster [[Emma Freud]] whom he married in September 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=2023-10-19 |title=Four kids and a secret wedding: Richard Curtis marries Emma Freud |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/richard-curtis-emma-freud-married-children-wedding-b2432301.html |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> They have four children, including writer and activist [[Scarlett Curtis|Scarlett]].<ref name="married">{{Cite web |title=TV & Radio Presenter Emma Freud |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/communicate/emma_freud.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060604025152/http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/communicate/emma_freud.shtml |archive-date=4 June 2006 |access-date=20 January 2013 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> He dated [[Anne Jenkin, Baroness Jenkin of Kennington|Anne Strutt]], now Baroness Jenkin of Kennington, before her marriage to [[Bernard Jenkin]], a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Born |first=Matt |date=13 November 2003 |title=Why Tory MP is the father of all Bernards |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1446547/Why-Tory-MP-is-the-father-of-all-Bernards.html |access-date=3 December 2019 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Curtis has named characters in his writing Bernard (reputedly after Jenkin). It is said he used the Jenkins' wedding as inspiration for ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2015 |title=Londoner's Diary: Bernard Jenkin bites at old rival Richard Curtis |url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-bernard-jenkin-bites-back-at-his-old-love-rival-richard-curtis-10427480.html |access-date=3 December 2019 |website=[[Evening Standard]] |language=en}}</ref> He is [[Irreligion|irreligious]].<ref>{{Cite interview |last=Curtis |first=Richard |interviewer=[[Laurie Taylor (sociologist)|Laurie Taylor]] |title=Charity Balls: Laurie Taylor Interviews Richard Curtis |url=http://newhumanist.org.uk/1407 |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=[[New Humanist]] |date=29 June 2007}}</ref>
Richard Curtis never won an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for his films, but in 2024 he was honored with an honorary Oscar, the [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]] for his achievements. The Oscar was presented to him with a speech by actor [[Hugh Grant]].

==Filmography==
=== Film ===
'''Short film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Writer
! Executive<br>producer
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Dead on Time (1983 film)|Dead on Time]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1991
| ''Mr. Bean Takes an Exam''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| ''Mr. Bean Goes to a Première''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2010
| ''[[No Pressure (2010 film)|No Pressure]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
|rowspan=3|2020
| ''A Cheeky Nativity Poem''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| ''The Quiz Results Are In!''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| ''The Vicar's First 'Viral' Sermon''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|}

'''Feature film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Writer
! Executive<br>producer
! Notes
|-
| 1989
| ''[[The Tall Guy]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|Co-executive}}
| 
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Bean (film)|Bean]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Bridget Jones's Diary]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
| ''[[Love Actually]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| ''More Great Comedy Moments''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Sixty Six (film)|Sixty Six]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Mr. Bean's Holiday]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| 2009
| ''[[The Boat That Rocked]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Also known as ''Pirate Radio'' in North America
|-
| 2011
| ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 2013
| ''[[About Time (2013 film)|About Time]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Trash (2014 film)|Trash]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes|Story}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Yesterday (2019 film)|Yesterday]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial|Producer}}
| 
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Rising Phoenix]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| Documentary film
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Genie (2023 film)|Genie]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Partial|Producer}}
| 
|-
| 2024
| ''[[That Christmas]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|}

'''Acting roles'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Dead on Time (1983 film)|Dead on Time]]''
| Customer in Cafe
| Short film
|-
| 1989
| ''[[The Tall Guy]]''
| Man Leaving Bathroom
|rowspan=2|Uncredited
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Love Actually]]''
| Trombone Player
|-
| {{TBA}}
| ''Something Sketchy''
| Himself
| Short film
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Creator
! Writer
! Executive<br>producer
! Notes
|-
| 1979–1982
| ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 1984–1985
| ''[[Spitting Image]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 1985–present
| ''[[Comic Relief]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 1990
| ''[[French and Saunders]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| "Episode #3.7"
|-
| 1990–1995
| ''[[Mr. Bean]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Also script editor
|-
| 1994–2007
| ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|Co-executive}}
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "Sweet Charity"
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "[[Vincent and the Doctor]]"
|-
|}

'''Miniseries'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width=65 |Creator
! width=65 |Writer
! width=65 |Executive producer
|-
| 1983
| ''[[The Black Adder]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Blackadder II]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Blackadder the Third]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 1997
| ''Balls to Africa: Sporting Noses on Tour''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2009
| ''[[The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)|The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral (miniseries)|Four Weddings and a Funeral]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|}

'''TV special'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width=65 | Writer
! width=65 | Executive producer
! Notes
|-
| 1989
| ''A Night of Comic Relief 2''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 1989
| ''The Robbie Coltrane Special''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Live in Belfast|Rowan Atkinson Live]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
|rowspan=2|2015
| ''[[Global Citizen Festival]]''
| {{no}} 
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| ''Red Nose Day''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
|rowspan=3|2017
| ''Comic Relief: Graham Norton's Big Chat Live''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| ''Red Nose Day: Greg Davies' Hot Tub Half Hour''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| ''The Red Nose Day Special''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 
|-
| 2019
| ''The United Nations Association 2019 Global Citizen Awards &<br>12th Annual West Coast Global Forum''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Segment "We The People"
|-
| 2020
| ''Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|}

====TV movies====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width=65 |Creator
! width=65 |Writer
! width=65 |Executive producer
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Blackadder's Christmas Carol]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Bernard and the Genie]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 1992
| ''Comic Relief: Behind the Nose''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 1995
| ''Oliver 2: Let's Twist Again''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
| ''Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| ''[[Hooves of Fire|Robbie the Reindeer in Hooves of Fire]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Robbie the Reindeer]] in Legend of the Lost Tribe''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2005
| ''[[The Girl in the Café]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
| ''[[The Minister of Divine]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| ''[[Robbie the Reindeer]] in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2008
| ''[[The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)#Pilot (2008)|The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
| ''Comic Relief: Red Nose Day 2013''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| ''[[Mary and Martha (film)|Mary and Martha]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Esio Trot (film)|Esio Trot]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2016
| ''Red Nose Day''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2018
| ''The Red Nose Day Special''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|}

'''Short film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width=65 |Creator
! width=65 |Director
! width=65 |Writer
|-
| 1982
| ''[[The Black Adder#Development|The Black Adder]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 1984
| ''Madness the Pilot''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Blackadder: The Cavalier Years]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Blackadder: Back & Forth]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Red Nose Day Actually]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2019
| ''Comic Relief: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again''
| {{no}}
| {{no}} 
| {{yes}}
|-
| ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral#One Red Nose Day and a Wedding|One Red Nose Day and a Wedding]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2023
| ''Baldrick's Bedtime Stories''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|}

===Other venues===
'''Radio program'''
* ''[[The Atkinson People]]'' (1979) (Writer)

'''Theater play'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width=65 |Story writer
! width=65 |Actor
|-
| 2020
| ''Dinner with Dylan''<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Dinner with Dylan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000qhgn |series=Drama on 4 |network=[[BBC Radio 4]] |date=20 December 2020 |via=[[BBC Sounds]]}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|}

'''Music video'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Executive<br>producer
|-
| 2011
| "[[Happy Now (Take That song)|Happy Now]]"
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2024
| "[[Under the Tree (Ed Sheeran song)|Under the Tree]]"
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|}

===Other credits===
'''Music composer'''
* ''[[The Lenny Henry Show]]'' (1985) ("Episode #2.5")

'''Organizer'''
* ''[[Live 8]]'' (2005)

'''Additional literary material'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 1984–1985
| ''[[Spitting Image]]''
|
|-
| 1989
| ''Hysteria 2!''
|rowspan=2|TV movies
|-
| 1998
| ''A Royal Birthday Celebration''
|-
| 2000
| ''French & Saunders Live''
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2001
| ''One Night with Robbie Williams''
| TV special
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Walliams & Friend]]'' 
| Episode "Miranda Richardson"
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Ticket to Paradise (2022 film)|Ticket to Paradise]]''
|
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable" ;
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Award
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Category
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Work
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Result
|-
| 1990
| rowspan=2|[[British Academy Television Awards|British Academy Television Award]]
| rowspan=2|[[British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series)|Best Comedy (Programme or Series)]]
| ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1992
| ''[[The Curse of Mr. Bean]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[67th Academy Awards|1995]]
| [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| rowspan=4|''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3|1995
| [[British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Award]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Award]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1998
| rowspan=2|[[British Academy Television Awards|British Academy Television Award]]
| rowspan=2|[[British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series)|Best Comedy (Programme or Series)]]
| rowspan=2|''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1999
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|2002
| [[British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Award]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| rowspan=2|''[[Bridget Jones's Diary]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Award]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3|2004
| [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| rowspan=3|''[[Love Actually]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Award]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film|Outstanding British Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Discoverer Screenwriting Award
| Best Screenplay
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|2005
| rowspan=2|[[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie|Outstanding Made for Television Movie]]
| rowspan=2|''[[The Girl in the Café]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special|Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2007
| [[British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Award]]
| colspan=2|[[BAFTA Fellowship|Academy Fellowship]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2020
| [[Global Citizen Prize]] Award
| colspan=2|Global Citizen of the Year
| {{won}}
|-
| [[97th Academy Awards|2025]]
| [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
| colspan=2|[[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]]
| {{honored}}
|-
|}

==See also==
* ''[[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]]''
* ''[[Live 8]]''
* ''[[Skinhead Hamlet]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{IMDb name|193485}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/c/curtis_richard.shtml BBC Comedy Guide entry]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090718041931/http://www.bafta.org/learning/webcasts/richard-curtis-at-the-latitude-festival,177,BA.html Richard Curtis interview at the Latitude Festival], [[BAFTA]] webcast, July 2007
* [http://newhumanist.org.uk/1407 Interview with Richard Curtis] by [[Laurie Taylor (sociologist)|Laurie Taylor]] in ''[[New Humanist]]'' magazine
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090918105509/http://www.bafta.org/learning/webcasts/richard-curtis-at-the-latitude-festival,187,BA.html Stars pay tribute to Richard Curtis] in a [[BAFTA]] video

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