Adam Curtis - documentary maker
<p><b >Kevin Adam Curtis</b> (born 1955) is an English film maker. His best known work is<i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self" title="The Century of the Self" >The Century of the Self</a></i> (2002), a film that examined how <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freud" title="Freud" class="mw-redirect" >Freud</a>'s theories of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconscious_mind" title="Unconscious mind" >unconscious</a> shaped the development of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_relations" title="Public relations" >public relations</a> and advertising. He says, "My favourite theme is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)" title="Power (social and political)" >power</a> and how it works in society", and his works explore areas of sociology, philosophy and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_history" title="Political history" >political history</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_1-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis#cite_note-autogenerated2-1" >[1]</a></sup> He describes his work as journalism that happens to be expounded upon through the medium of film. His films have won three <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA" title="BAFTA" class="mw-redirect" >BAFTAs</a>. He has been closely associated with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC" title="BBC" >BBC</a> throughout his film making career.</p>