Richard Curtis

RICHARD CURTIS has written extensively for both film and television. His film credits include "The Boat That Rocked"; "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason"; "Love Actually," which was nominated for Best British Film at the 2004 BAFTA Awards and for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and Best Screenplay at the 2004 Golden Globes®; "Bridget Jones's Diary," which won the British Screenwriter of the Year Award at the London Critics Circle Film Awards in 2002 and was nominated for Best British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay at the BAFTA Awards, for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) at the Golden Globes Awards, for Best Comedy Film at the British Comedy Awards and for Best Screenplay at the Writers Guild Awards; and "Notting Hill," which was nominated for Best Original Screenplay and won the Best Film Award at the 1995 BAFTAs, was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards® and for Best Screenplay and Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) at the Golden Globes and which won Best Comedy Film at the British Comedy Awards, Best Foreign Film at The César Awards, Best Original Screenplay at the Writers Guild Awards, Best Foreign Film at the AFI, British Screenwriter of the Year at the London Critics Circle Film Awards and Best Screenplay Award from the Writers' Guild of Britain.

Curtis' TV credits include "The Girl in the Café," which won the Humanitas Prize in the 90-minute category and Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Made for Television Movie and Outstanding Writing for a Movie in 2006; "The Tall Guy"; "The Vicar of Dibley," which won the International Emmy® Award in 1998 and was nominated for Best Comedy Program at the BAFTAs in 1998 and 1999, won Most Popular Comedy Program at the National Television Awards in 1998 and was nominated Most Popular Comedy Program at the National Television Awards in 2000 and Best Comedy Drama at the Royal Television Society Awards in 1998; "Blackadder Back and Forth"; "Bernard and the Genie"; and "Mr. Bean."

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