Douglas Adams

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Mar 11, 1952 (73 years old)
Death date
May 11, 2001

Douglas Adams

Known For

Parrot Fashion
0h 30m
Movie 2007

Parrot Fashion

A 30-minute documentary looking at the writing and production of The Pirate Planet.

A Matter of Time
1h 0m
Movie 2007

A Matter of Time

A retrospective documentary looking at Graham Williams' three-year tenure as Doctor Who producer.

Paris in the Springtime
0h 44m
Movie 2005

Paris in the Springtime

A 45-minute look at the making of City of Death, and in particular, the contribution of writer and script editor Douglas Adams.

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
1h 8m
Movie 2005

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).

Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
2h 8m
Movie 2001

Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams was the best-selling British author and satirist who created The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In this talk at UCSB recorded shortly before his death, Adams shares hilarious accounts of some of the apparently absurd lifestyles of the world's creatures, and gleans from them extraordinary perceptions about the future of humanity.

Rockstar
0h 4m
Movie 2000

Rockstar

In November, 1999, Apple brought together a group of people under its AppleMaster program to teach them to use their new digital video editing software. As part of the class, Douglas Adams shot and edited a makeshift music video based on a song by his friend Margo Buchanan, and starring his daughter, Polly. John Cleese guest stars.

30 Years in the TARDIS
1h 38m
Movie 1993

30 Years in the TARDIS

A documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, featuring new interviews, rare archive footage and recently discovered material.

The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
0h 59m
Movie 1993

The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

A documentary looking at the making of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), including interviews with leading members of the cast and production team, behind-the-scenes footage and out-takes.

Biography

Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist, and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame

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