Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis, CBE (born 8 November 1956), is a New Zealand-born British screenwriter, best known for movies such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Love Actually and the hit TV programmes Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and The Vicar of Dibley.
Richard Curtis (b. circa 1959) is an American politician from La Center, Washington. He served as a Republican member of the Washington State House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007. He represented the state's 18th legislative district in Clark and Cowlitz counties (map).
Graduated from Oxford University with a First in English language and literature.
Has two sons and one daughter with long-time partner Emma Freud.
When he was in college, his girlfriend left him for a man named Bernard. In each of his screenplays, there is a fairly unpopular character named Bernard.
He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the order of the British Empire) in 1994 before receiving a C.B.E. (Commander of the order of the British Empire) in 2000.
Has two sons, James and Charles, and one daughter, Rachel
To date (July 2005) Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title have produced all of his films.
Attended Papplewick School and Harrow School.
As a child, he lived in New Zealand, the Philippines, and Sweden because his father was an executive of Unilever who was posted around the world.
Invented Comic Relief
Together with Ben Elton, was offered the chance to write "Police Academy - The London Beat", but refused.
