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Ian Curteis

Known for

Writing

Born

May 1, 1935

Birthplace

London

Died

November 24, 2021 (aged 86)

Biography

Ian Bayley Curteis (1 May 1935 – 24 November 2021) was a British dramatist and television director.

Curteis was born in London on 1 May 1935, and began his career as an actor, joining Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in the mid-1950s, and later working in this profession in regional theatres, and as a stage director or producer. His career in television began as a script reader for both the BBC and Granada Television. Curteis joined the staff of the BBC as a trainee director in 1964. The Projected Man (1966), which he directed, is his only cinema film. Around the same time Curteis directed an episode of the BBC2 anthology series, Out of the Unknown, William Trevor's "Walk's End". Both pro...

Best known work

The Projected Man
The Projected Man
1966
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
The Falklands Play
The Falklands Play
2002
Lost Empires
Lost Empires
1986
Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Crown Court
Crown Court
1972
Doomwatch
Doomwatch
1970
The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play
1964
The Edwardians
The Edwardians
1972

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Miss Morison's GhostsTV

    Creator

  2. 2002

  3. 1995

    The ChoirTV

    Writer

  4. 1989

  5. 1986

    Lost EmpiresTV

    Writer

  6. 1981

    Miss Morison's Ghosts

    Executive Producer, Writer

  7. 1979

    Suez 1956

    Writer

  8. 1979

  9. 1979

  10. 1978

    Hess

    Writer

  11. 1977

  12. 1977

  13. 1977

    ChildhoodTV

    Writer

  14. 1976

  15. 1976

  16. 1972

  17. 1972

    Crown CourtTV

    Writer

  18. 1972

    The RegimentTV

    Writer

  19. 1971

    JusticeTV

    Writer

  20. 1971

    BarlowTV

    Writer

  21. 1971

  22. 1970

    BiographyTV

    Writer

  23. 1970

    DoomwatchTV

    Writer

  24. 1969

  25. 1966

    Walk's End

    Director

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