- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 13, 1945
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
Simon Schama
Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL is an English historian and television presenter. He specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University. Schama first came to public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled Citizens, published in 1989. He is also known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television documentary series A History of Britain (2000–2002), as well as other documentary series such as The American Future: A History (2008) and The Story of the Jews (2013).
Filmography
movieSimon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
2025 · Self - Presenter, Writer, Producer
tvSimon Schama's Story of Us
2025 · Self - Presenter
Simon Schama Meets
tvSimon Schama Meets
2022 · Presenter
tvSimon Schama's History of Now
2022 · Self - Presenter, Writer, Creator
tvSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · Self - Historian
tvRemembers…
2022 · , Self
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
tvThe Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
2020 · Self - Presenter
tvCivilisations
2018 · Presenter, self, Writer
tvThe Face of Britain by Simon Schama
2015 · Self - Presenter
movieSchama on Rembrandt: Masterpieces of the Late Years
2014 · , Writer
tvThe Story of the Jews
2013 · Self - Presenter
movieThe Genius of Turner: Painting the Industrial Revolution
2013 · Self
tvSimon Schama's Shakespeare
2012 · Self - Presenter, Writer, Creator
Faulks on Fiction
tvFaulks on Fiction
2011
movieTerror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
2009 · Self - Author - 'Citizens'
tvSimon Schama's John Donne
2009 · , Writer, Creator
tvThe American Future: A History
2008
movieRough Crossings
2007 · Host, Writer
movieMarie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin
2006 · Self
tvSimon Schama's Power of Art
2006 · , Creator
Murder at Harvard
movieMurder at Harvard
2003
tvReal Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
tvA History of Britain
2000 · Self — Presenter, Writer
tvVan de Schoonheid en de Troost
2000 · himself
Landscape and Memory
tvLandscape and Memory
1995 · Self - Presenter, Writer
tvQuestion Time
1979 · Self - Panellist