Acting
Alan Yentob
EN, DE cinema · 113 credits
Born
11 March 1947
Died
24 May 2025 (aged 78)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Land of Sometimes
Executive Producer, In Memory Of
The Academy of Armando
as Self - Presenter
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
as Self - Interviewer, Executive Producer, Editor
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
as Self - Interviewer, Director
imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
as Self - presenter
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self - Presenter
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
as Self - Presenter, Producer
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
as Self, Presenter
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
as Presenter
Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
as Self - Presenter
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
as Self - Presenter
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
2019
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
as Self - Presenter
Jo Brand: No Holds Barred
as Self - Presenter
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
as Self - Presenter
Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
as Self - Presenter
The Man Who Saw Too Much
Producer, Director
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self - Presenter, Producer, Director
Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
as Self - Presenter
George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
2018
George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
as Self - Presenter
Habaneros
Executive Producer
The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge
as Self - Presenter
Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
as Self - Presenter
Antony Gormley: Being Human
as Self - Presenter
Shylock's Ghost
2015
Shylock's Ghost
as Self - Presenter
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
as Self - Presenter
David Chipperfield: A Place to Be
as Self - Presenter
Absolutely Anything
as Man at Party (uncredited)
David Gilmour: Wider Horizons
Executive Producer
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Self - Presenter
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
as Self - Presenter
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
as Self - Presenter
Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future
as Self - Presenter
Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
as Self - Presenter
Mini: A Life Revisited
as Self - Presenter
Goodbye Television Centre
as Self - Reporter
Hitler, the Tiger and Me
as Self - Presenter
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
as Self - Presenter
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
as Self - Presenter
London: The Modern Babylon
Executive Producer
Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story
Presenter, Executive Producer
Ray Davies: Imaginary Man
as Self - Presenter, Editor
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
as Self - Narrator, Adaptation, Producer
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
Other, Editor
The Year of Anish Kapoor
as Self - Presenter
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
2008
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
as Presenter, Executive Producer
How to Get on in the Art World
as Self - Presenter
Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure
2007
Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure
as Self - Presenter, Executive Producer
Krapp's Last Tape
as Self (Introduction), Executive Producer
A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin
as Self - Presenter
Sweet Home New Orleans
2006
Sweet Home New Orleans
as Self - Presenter
Fantastic Mr. Dahl
as Self - Presenter
Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture
2004
Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture
as Self
The World According to Parr
as Self - Prsenter
The Real Buddy Holly Story
Executive Producer
Studs Terkel's Chicago
Executive Producer
Sunset People
Executive Producer
The GPO Story
Producer
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Executive Producer
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self - Narrator, Interviewer, Producer
The Catherine Wheel
Producer
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
Executive Producer
Arena: Dire Straits
Producer
Luck and Flaw
Producer
Mentioned in Dispatches
Executive Producer
My Way
Producer
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Director, Writer, Producer
