Adam Curtis
A British filmmaker and documentarian, Adam Curtis is known for his thought-provoking works that explore political and social themes, including his documentary 'HyperNormalisation' that parallels current societal dysfunctions with historical narratives.
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Adam Curtis is a British filmmaker who used the term hypernormalisation in a 2016 documentary.
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Pakistan· 2025-12-06
Adam Curtis created a video for Dior that compiles historical footage of the brand.
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France· 2025-10-01
Adam Curtis has expressed that he would become a YouTuber if starting out again, calling it 'the last wild west' of online creativity.
Conspiracies, costume changes, and three-hour deep dives into Twilight: inside the wild west of YouTube video essays | Documentary
United Kingdom· 2025-09-04
Adam Curtis’s latest documentary series, Shifty, covers similar themes but through the lens of British life in the Thatcher years of the late 1970s to early 1990s.
‘Nobody believes in the future any more’: Adam Curtis and Ari Aster on how to wake up from the post-truth nightmare | FilmUnited Kingdom· 2025-08-08
Adam Curtis is a British filmmaker who created the BBC series 'Shifty'.
Shifty Serie auf BBC: Land der Einzelkämpfer - Medien
Germany· 2025-06-23
Adam Curtis is a filmmaker whose documentary describes the phenomenon of hypernormalisation.
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New Zealand· 2025-06-09
In his 2016 documentary HyperNormalisation, the British film-maker Adam Curtis argued that Yurchak’s critique of late-Soviet life applies neatly to the west’s decades-long slide into authoritarianism.
Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real | Well actuallyUnited Kingdom· 2025-05-22
