Richard Curtis

Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis, CBE (born 8 November 1956) is an English screenwriter, producer and film director, who was born in New Zealand to Australian parents. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known primarily for romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill, and Love Actually, as well as the hit sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley. He is also the founder of the British charity Comic Relief along with Lenny Henry.

In 2007, Curtis received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest award the British Film Academy can give a filmmaker. Curtis received the BAFTA Humanitarian Award at the 2008 Britannia Awards, for co-creating Comic Relief and contributions to other charitable causes.

Early life and education

Curtis was born in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Australian parents Glyness S. and Anthony J. Curtis, who was an executive at Unilever. His father was a Czechoslovakian refugee who moved to Australia when aged thirteen. Curtis and his family lived in several different countries during his childhood, including Sweden and the Philippines, before moving to England when he was 11.

Richard Curtis (disambiguation)

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Richard Curtis (politician)

Richard L. Curtis (born March 8, 1959) is an American politician from La Center, Washington. He served as a Republican member of the Washington State House of Representatives from Washington's 18th legislative district in Position 1 from 2005 to 2007. The district is located in rural Clark and Cowlitz counties.

Election and voting record

Curtis was elected to the La Center City Council.

He was elected to the State House of Representatives in November 2, 2004 succeeding Republican Tom Mielke Curtis faced no primary opposition and won the general election with 56.5 percent of the vote in a race against Democratic candidate Pam Brokaw. He took office in January 2005 and was re-elected in 2006, winning with 59.1 percent of the vote against his opponent, Democrat Jonathan Fant.

Curtis, who is married with two daughters, built up a socially conservative voting record while in office. In 2006, he opposed a gay rights bill that banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. In spring 2007, he voted against domestic partnerships for gay and lesbian couples.

Richard Curteys

Richard Curteys (Curtis) (c.1532?-1582) was an English bishop.

Life

He was born in Lincolnshire, and educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was elected to a scholarship in 1550. He proceeded B.A. in 1553, was elected a Fellow in 1553, and commenced M.A. in 1556. During the reign of Mary I of England he remained unaffected. He was appointed senior fellow of his college on 22 July 1559. In 1563 he was elected one of the proctors of the university. When Queen Elizabeth visited Cambridge in August 1564, he made a congratulatory oration in Latin to Sir William Cecil, chancellor of the university, on his arrival at St. John's College, and as proctor he took part in the disputation before the queen. In 1565 he proceeded B.D., and made a complaint against Richard Longworth, the Master of his college, and William Fulke one of the fellows, for non-conformity.

He was appointed dean of Chichester about November 1566, and installed in March 1567. Around that he was chaplain to the Queen and Archbishop Matthew Parker. In 1569 it was suggested that he should become Archbishop of York, but Archbishop Parker favoured Edmund Grindal. In the same year he was created D.D. by the University of Cambridge, being admitted in the Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster, by the Dean Gabriel Goodman.

Richard Curtis (literary agent)

Richard Curtis, president of Richard Curtis Associates, Inc., is a New York literary agent, and author advocate. He is also the author of a novel, short stories, and several books about the publishing industry, and from 1981 to 1992 had a regular column in the science fiction industry professional fanzine Locus, entitled "Agent's Corner". He created the ebook website ereads.com in 1999. He has commented publicly on Amazon.com's practice of offering publishing deals directly to authors, bypassing mainstream book publishing companies.

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