- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
- Died
- May 24, 2025
Alan Yentob
Alan Yentob was a British television executive and presenter. He held senior roles at the BBC, including head of music and arts, controller of BBC1 and BBC2, and was the corporation's creative director from 2004 until 2015.
Filmography
movieThe Land of Sometimes
2026 · Executive Producer, In Memory Of
movieWhen Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville
2025 · Self
movieThe Academy of Armando
2025 · Self - Presenter
movieSalman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
2024 · Self - Interviewer, Director
movieImagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
2024 · Self - Interviewer, Executive Producer, Editor
movieimagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 · Self - Presenter
movieimagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023 · Self
movieimagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
2023 · Self - presenter
tvIn Conversation with Alan Yentob
2022 · Self
tvRemembers…
2022 · Self
movieJacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
2022 · , Presenter
movieimagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
2022 · Self - Presenter, Producer
movieLabi Siffre: This Is My Song
2022
movieTom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
2021 · Presenter
movieKazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
2021 · Self - Presenter
movieMarina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
2020 · Self - Presenter
tvMandy
2020 · Self
movieThe Man Who Saw Too Much
2019 · Director, Producer
movieOlafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
2019 · Self - Presenter
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
movieFaith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
2019 · Self - Presenter
movieEdna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
2019 · Self - Presenter
movieJo Brand: No Holds Barred
2019 · Self - Presenter
George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
movieGeorge Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
2018 · Self - Presenter
movieHockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
2018 · Self
moviePhilip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
2018 · Self - Presenter
movieMel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018 · Self - Presenter, Producer, Director
movieRachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room
2017 · Self
movieHabaneros
2017 · Executive Producer
movieMargaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned
2017 · Self
movieThe Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan
2016 · Self
movieThe Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge
2016 · Self - Presenter
movieA Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James
2016 · Self
movieGeorgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
2016 · Self - Presenter
movieOne Night In 2012
2016
movieDavid Chipperfield: A Place to Be
2015 · Self - Presenter
movieDavid Gilmour: Wider Horizons
2015 · Executive Producer
movieAntony Gormley: Being Human
2015 · Self - Presenter
Shylock's Ghost
movieShylock's Ghost
2015 · Self - Presenter
movieFrank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
2015 · Self - Presenter
movieAbsolutely Anything
2015 · Man at Party (uncredited)
The One and Only Mike Leigh
movieThe One and Only Mike Leigh
2014 · Self - Presenter
movieAnselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future
2014 · Self - Presenter
movieBBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
2014 · Self
movieRio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
2014 · Self - Presenter
movieMonty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014 · Self - Presenter
tvW1A
2014 · Self
movieWho's Afraid of Machiavelli?
2013 · Self - Presenter
movieHitler, the Tiger and Me
2013 · Self - Presenter
movieTurning the Art World Inside Out
2013
movieMini: A Life Revisited
2013 · Self - Presenter
movieZaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
2013 · Self - Presenter
movieVivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?
2013 · Self
movieGoodbye Television Centre
2013 · Self - Reporter
movieMel Brooks Strikes Back!
2012 · Self
movieJeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me
2012 · Self
movieDo or Die: Lang Lang's Story
2012 · Presenter, Executive Producer
movieIan Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective
2012 · Self
movieLondon: The Modern Babylon
2012 · Executive Producer
movieKen Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012 · Self - Presenter
movieBooks: The Last Chapter?
2011 · Self
movieGrayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
2011 · Self
The Trouble with Tolstoy
movieThe Trouble with Tolstoy
2011
movieRay Davies: Imaginary Man
2010 · Self - Presenter, Editor
movieThe Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
2010 · Presenter
movieAi Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
2010 · Other, Editor
movieThe Seven Year Hitch
2010 · Self
movieVan Gogh: Painted with Words
2010 · Self - Narrator, Adaptation, Producer
movieScrabble: A Night on the Tiles
2009 · Self
movieThe Year of Anish Kapoor
2009 · Self - Presenter
tvLive from Studio Five
2009 · Self
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
movieRichard Serra: Man of Steel
2008 · Presenter, Executive Producer
tvThe Story Of The Guitar
2008
tvBeautiful People
2008 · Self
A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami
movieA Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami
2008 · Self
movieOliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain
2008 · Presenter
movieTrip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
2008 · Producer
movieHow to Get on in the Art World
2007 · Self - Presenter
Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure
movieImagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure
2007 · Self - Presenter, Executive Producer
movieYusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs
2007 · Director
movieGilbert and George: No Surrender
2007 · Self
movieA Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin
2006 · Self - Presenter
Sweet Home New Orleans
movieSweet Home New Orleans
2006 · Self - Presenter
movieFantastic Mr. Dahl
2005 · Self - Presenter
tvIdeal
2005 · Alan Yentob
Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture
movieArthur Miller: Finishing the Picture
2004 · Self
movieThe World According to Parr
2003 · Self - Prsenter
tvimagine…
2003 · Self - Presenter, Editor
tvTimeshift
2002 · Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage)
tvOperation Good Guys
1997
tvNever Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Self - Narrator
Behind The Screen
tvBehind The Screen
1988
Open Air
tvOpen Air
1986
movieThe Real Buddy Holly Story
1985 · Executive Producer
movieStuds Terkel's Chicago
1985 · Executive Producer
movieLigmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
1985 · Editor, Producer
movieFela Kuti: Live at Glastonbury 1984
1984 · Producer
movieThe Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience
1984 · Producer
movieSunset People
1984 · Executive Producer
movieThe Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984 · Producer
The Long Night of Lady Day
movieThe Long Night of Lady Day
1984 · Producer
movieThe Everly Brothers Reunion Concert
1984 · Producer
movieThe GPO Story
1983 · Producer
tvAuf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983 · Producer
movieBette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
1983 · Executive Producer
movieKurt Vonnegut: So It Goes
1983 · Producer
movieA Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
1982 · Producer
movieMike Leigh: Making Plays
1982 · Self - Narrator, Interviewer, Producer
movieThe Orson Welles Story
1982 · Producer
movieDesert Island Discs
1982 · Producer
movieThe Private Life of the Ford Cortina
1982 · Executive Producer
movieThe Catherine Wheel
1982 · Producer
movieHave You Seen The Mona Lisa...?
1981 · Producer
Getting Away From Sidney
movieGetting Away From Sidney
1981 · Producer
movieArena: Dire Straits
1980 · Producer
movieProfiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
1980 · Producer
movieRudies Come Back (The Rise & Rise of 2-Tone)
1980 · Producer
movieMy Way
1979 · Producer
movie"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist
1978 · Director
tvArena
1975 · Executive Producer
movieDavid Bowie: Cracked Actor
1975 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieElla Fitzgerald's Other Show
1974 · Producer
movieElla Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s
1974 · Producer
tvNOVA
1974 · Narrator
movieA Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas
— · Self
IMAGINE: DANGER! Cornelia Parker
movieIMAGINE: DANGER! Cornelia Parker
— · Presenter, Editor