Writing
Douglas Adams
EN cinema · 27 credits
Born
11 March 1952
Died
11 May 2001 (aged 49)
Birthplace
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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
Known for
Filmography
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
as Self (Archive Material)
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
as Self - (archive)
Faraway Eyes
Thanks
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer, Script Editor
A Matter of Time
as (archive footage)
Parrot Fashion
as (archive footage), Thanks
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'
as Self (archive footage)
Paris in the Springtime
as (archive footage)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Novel, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Rockstar
as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg, Director
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer, Script Editor
Hyperland
as Self, Writer
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Man in Ocean, Writer
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
Script Editor
Doctor Who: City of Death
Writer, Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
Script Editor
