Simon Curtis
Simon Curtis was born in London, England, United Kingdom on March 11th, 1960 and is the Director. At the age of 64, Simon Curtis biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Career
Curtis began his career at the Royal Court Theatre. His first job was as assistant director for Caryl Churchill's Top Girls. He later became assistant director to Danny Boyle and Max Stafford-Clark. Curtis has worked on several stage productions, including the world premiere of Road, A Lie of the Mind, Roots, Dinner with Friends, and Little Voice. Serenading Louie at the Donmar Warehouse was directed by Curtis in 2010.
Curtis produced episodes of the television comedy series Tracey Takes On... for HBO in 1996. In 2005, he also produced the three-part television drama Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky for BBC Four. The serial is a parody of Patrick Hamilton's "20,000 Streets Under the Sky" series.
In 2007, he supervised Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford's adaptation on the BBC. Curtis produced two new Cranford episodes in June 2009. The episodes were entitled Return to Cranford, and they were broadcast on December 20th.
Curtis narrated the BBC's one-off television drama A Short Stay in Switzerland in August 2008. The drama, starring Julie Walters, was based on Dr. Anne Turner's true tale of how she died at a Dignitas clinic in 2006. At the Royal Television Society Awards and the British Academy Television Awards, a Short Stay in Switzerland was named for Best Single Drama.
Curtis consulted with producer David Parfitt about a film based on The Prince, The Showgirl, and My Week with Marilyn; Colin Clark's diary of his visit to Marilyn Monroe. For the film My Week with Marilyn, Adrian Hodges wrote and adapted the screenplay. Curtis and Parfitt were sent by BBC Films and the UK Film Council to pay for development. Curtis then approached Harvey Weinstein, who sponsored the film. My Week with Marilyn was shot in late 2010 and then released in November 2011.
Curtis produced Woman in Gold, a biographical film starring Helen Mirren, a Holocaust survivor who was looting from her aunt by the Nazis and later became a government of Austria and closely linked to Austrian identity. Elizabeth McGovern, Curtis' wife, has a small role as a court judge in the film.
Curtis produced The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein's adaptation in the 2019, starring Milo Ventimiglia and Amanda Seyfried.
Curtis will direct Downton Abbey: The forthcoming sequel to the first film and television series of the same name, was announced in April 2021.