- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- March 11, 1952
- Place of Birth
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Died
- May 11, 2001
Douglas Adams
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
Filmography
movieDouglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
2025 · Self (Archive Material)
movieDarkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
2024 · Self - (archive)
movieFaraway Eyes
2021 · Thanks
movieDoctor Who: Shada
2017 · Writer, Script Editor
tvDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
2016 · Book
tvDirk Gently
2012 · Novel, Creator
movieA Matter of Time
2007 · (archive footage)
movieParrot Fashion
2007 · (archive footage), Thanks
movieParis in the Springtime
2005 · (archive footage)
movieDon'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'
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005 · Novel, Screenplay, Executive Producer
movieDoctor Who: Shada
2003 · Writer
movieLife, the Universe and Douglas Adams
2002 · Himself
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
movieDouglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
2001 · Himself
movieRockstar
2000 · Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg, Director
movieVisions of Heaven and Hell
1994 · Self
movie30 Years in the TARDIS
1993 · Himself
movieThe Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
1993 · Self
movieDoctor Who: Shada
1992 · Writer, Script Editor
tvHave I Got News for You
1990 · Self
movieHyperland
1990 · Self, Writer
tvPrisoners of Gravity
1989 · Self
Saturday Review
tvSaturday Review
1984 · Self
tvWogan
1982 · Self
tvDoctor Snuggles
1981 · Writer
movieThe Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981 · Man in Ocean, Writer
tvThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981 · Man in Pub (uncredited), Man in Ocean (uncredited), Writer, Book, Creator
movieDoctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
1980 · Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Nightmare of Eden
1979 · Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
1979 · Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: City of Death
1979 · Writer, Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
1979 · Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
1979 · Script Editor
movieDoctor Who: The Pirate Planet
1978 · Writer
movieOut of the Trees
1976 · Writer
tvMonty Python's Flying Circus
1969 · , Writer
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Writer, Script Editor
Open Door
tvOpen Door
— · Self