WRITER

Richard Curtis

1956 - Today

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Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis (born 8 November 1956) is a British screenwriter, producer and film director. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known primarily for romantic comedy films, among them Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), About Time (2013), and Yesterday (2019). He is also known for the drama War Horse (2011) and for having co-written the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Curtis has received more than 4,144,683 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Richard Curtis is the 3,575th most popular writer (down from 2,930th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 29th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular New Zealander Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Love actually
Christmas plays, Drama, Love
2003
Mark Twain's Library of Humor
American wit and humor, Wit and humor
1888
How to be your own literary agent
Literary agents, Authors and publishers, Authorship
1983
The Handbook of infrared and raman spectra of inorganic compounds and organic salts
Infrared spectra, Inorganic compounds, Organic compounds
1996
Four weddings and a funeral
ELT, graded readers, Screenplays
Four Weddings and a Funeral - one of the most successful films from Britain. It's a Saturday morning, and Charles is still asleep. He should be on his way to Angus and Laura's wedding! Charles is always late, and he is always going to other people's weddings. He's worried that he will never find the right woman to marry. Then he meets Carrie and he wants to be with her very much ... Penguin Readers are simplified texts designed in association with Longman, the world famous educational publisher, to provide a step-by-step approach to the joys of reading for pleasure. Each book has an introduction and extensive activity material. They are published at seven levels from Easystarts (200 words) to Advanced (3000 words).
1994
Women
Juvenile literature, Feminism, Female offenders
1977

Page views of Richard Curtis by language

Over the past year Richard Curtis has had the most page views in the with 556,022 views, followed by French (36,795), and Italian (21,668). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (55.03%), Southern Azerbaijani (54.35%), and Latin (52.14%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Curtis ranks 3,575 out of 7,302. Before him are Safvet-beg Bašagić, Robert W. Chambers, Sergio Ramírez, Zsigmond Móricz, Graham Hancock, and Krišjānis Barons. After him are Emma Lazarus, Louis Pergaud, Antonio Palomino, Ćamil Sijarić, Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, and Yusuf Idris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Richard Curtis ranks 183. Before him are Majida El Roumi, Nathan Lane, Brett Cullen, David Card, Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Saadeddine Othmani. After him are Keith David, Marta Kauffman, Hanni Wenzel, Bernd Förster, Pierre Lévy, and Blackie Lawless.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Richard Curtis ranks 32 out of 303. Before him are Alan Dale (1947), Wynton Rufer (1962), Jonah Lomu (1975), Cindy Kiro (1958), Andrew Niccol (1964), and Raymond Firth (1901). After him are Peter Snell (1938), Manu Bennett (1969), Clive Revill (1930), Taika Waititi (1975), Janet Frame (1924), and Gary Thain (1948).

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Among WRITERS In New Zealand

Among writers born in New Zealand, Richard Curtis ranks 2. Before him are Katherine Mansfield (1888). After him are Janet Frame (1924), Ngaio Marsh (1895), Hugh Walpole (1884), Margaret Mahy (1936), Keri Hulme (1947), Anthony McCarten (1961), Ruth Park (1917), and Philippa Boyens (2000).

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