Richard Curtis (born November 8, 1956), a New Zealand-born British comedy scriptwriter, is best known for the TV series Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley and the movies Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill. In 2003, he worked as a director for the first time on his own movie Love Actually.

Curtis has lived in England since he was 11. He was head of school at Harrow, and achieved a first-class degree in English Language and Literature at Christ Church, Oxford. At Oxford he met and began working with Rowan Atkinson. The son of an executive at Unilever, Curtis and his family lived in several different countries during his childhood, including Sweden and The Philippines. Part of the family still resides in Sydney, Australia.

Curtis was the co-writer with Philip Pope of the Hee Bee Gee Bees' single "Meaningless Songs (In Very High Voices)" released in 1980 to parody the style of a series of Bee Gees disco hits. He then began to write comedy for film and TV.

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marybethbass (Mary Beth Bass) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:43:45 -0000
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The snow in Richard Curtis' movies never appears this wet.
mattybquotes (Matt Briant) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:49:05 -0000
The snow in Richard Curtis' movies never appears this wet.
considering venturing out to wander the streets of N London in the snow until I meet a romantic hero a la Richard Curtis. It could happen.
anneyeungmary (Mary Dufton) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:08:32 -0000
considering venturing out to wander the streets of N London in the snow until I meet a romantic hero a la Richard Curtis. It could happen.
If I could live anywhere it would be in a 'Richard Curtis' or a 'Dickensian' England
Ashley_Cameron (Ashley Cameron) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:27:07 -0000
If I could live anywhere it would be in a 'Richard Curtis' or a 'Dickensian' England
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