Douglas Adams
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 11, 1952 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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
Known For
| 2025 | Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our FutureSelf (Archive Material) | |
| 2024 | Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham WilliamsSelf - (archive) | |
| 2007 | A Matter of Time(archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Parrot Fashion(archive footage) | |
| 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'Self (archive footage) | |
| 2005 | Paris in the Springtime(archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Life, the Universe and Douglas AdamsHimself | |
| 2001 | Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and EverythingHimself | |
| 2000 | RockstarBlack shoe and blue jeans trouser leg | |
| 1994 | Visions of Heaven and HellSelf | |
| 1993 | 30 Years in the TARDISHimself | |
| 1993 | The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'Self | |
| 1990 | HyperlandSelf | |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for YouSelf | |
| 1989 | Prisoners of GravitySelf | |
| 1984 | Saturday ReviewSelf | |
| 1982 | WoganSelf | |
| 1981 | The Hitch Hikers Guide to the GalaxyMan in Ocean | |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyMan in Pub (uncredited) | |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyMan in Ocean (uncredited) | |
| 1969 | Monty Python's Flying Circus | |
| 1967 | OmnibusSelf | |
| - | Open DoorSelf |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyExecutive Producer |
| 2000 | RockstarDirector |
| 2017 | Doctor Who: ShadaWriter | |
| 2017 | Doctor Who: ShadaScript Editor | |
| 2016 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective AgencyBook | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who and the Shada ManWriter | |
| 2012 | Dirk GentlyNovel | |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyNovel | |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyScreenplay | |
| 2003 | Doctor Who: ShadaWriter | |
| 1992 | Doctor Who: ShadaWriter | |
| 1992 | Doctor Who: ShadaScript Editor | |
| 1990 | HyperlandWriter | |
| 1981 | The Hitch Hikers Guide to the GalaxyWriter | |
| 1981 | Doctor SnugglesWriter | |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyWriter | |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyBook | |
| 1980 | Doctor Who: The Horns of NimonScript Editor | |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: City of DeathWriter | |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: The Armageddon FactorScript Editor | |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: Destiny of the DaleksScript Editor | |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: City of DeathScript Editor | |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: The Creature from the PitScript Editor | |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: Nightmare of EdenScript Editor | |
| 1978 | Doctor Who: The Pirate PlanetWriter | |
| 1976 | Out of the TreesWriter | |
| 1969 | Monty Python's Flying CircusWriter | |
| 1963 | Doctor WhoWriter | |
| 1963 | Doctor WhoScript Editor |
| 2021 | Faraway EyesThanks | |
| 2007 | Parrot FashionThanks |