Background
Curtis was born in Dartford, Kent. His father was Martin Curtis (10 August 1917 – January 2002), a cinematographer from Sevenoaks who worked with Humphrey Jennings.
Curtis was born in Dartford, Kent. His father was Martin Curtis (10 August 1917 – January 2002), a cinematographer from Sevenoaks who worked with Humphrey Jennings.
Curtis attended the Sevenoaks School on a county scholarship. He completed a Bachelor of Arts in human sciences at Mansfield College, Oxford, which included courses in genetics, evolutionary biology, psychology, politics, anthropology and statistics. He started a Doctor of Philosophy, during which he taught in politics, but he became disillusioned with academia and decided to leave.
Curtis describes his work as journalism that happens to be expounded via the medium of film. He has been closely associated with the British Broadcasting Corporation throughout his career. His family had a left wing background.
Early career Curtis applied to the British Broadcasting Corporation and was hired to make a film for one of its training courses, comparing designer clothes in music videos to the design of weapons.
He was subsequently given a post on That"s Life!, a magazine series that juxtaposed hard-hitting investigations and light-hearted content. Politics Blog Curtis administers a blog subtitled "The Medium and the Message" hosted by the British Broadcasting Corporation. He has tentative plans to expand the project
Of his general political outlook, Curtis has remarked,
Adams adds, "If there has been a theme in Curtis"s work since, it has been to look at how different elites have tried to impose an ideology on their times, and the tragicomic consequences of those attempts.".
