Douglas Adams
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
Filmography
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
2025
as Self (Archive Material)
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
2024
as Self - (archive)
A Matter of Time
2007
as (archive footage)
Parrot Fashion
2007
as (archive footage)
Paris in the Springtime
2005
as (archive footage)
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'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
2002
as Himself
- No poster
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
2001
as Himself
Rockstar
2000
as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994
as Self
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
as Himself
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
1993
as Self
Hyperland
1990
as Self
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
as Man in Ocean