Douglas Adams
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 11, 1952
- Died
- May 11, 2001
- 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
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)
Faraway Eyes 2021
Thanks
Doctor Who: Shada 2017
Writer, Script Editor
Parrot Fashion 2007
as (archive footage), Thanks
A Matter of Time 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)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005
Novel, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Doctor Who: Shada 2003
Writer
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams 2002
as Himself
- Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything 2001
as Himself
Rockstar 2000
as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg, Director
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
Doctor Who: Shada 1992
Writer, Script Editor
Hyperland 1990
as Self, Writer
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy 1981
as Man in Ocean, Writer
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon 1980
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden 1979
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit 1979
Script Editor
Doctor Who: City of Death 1979
Writer, Script Editor
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks 1979
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor 1979
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet 1978
Writer
Out of the Trees 1976
Writer
Credits from TMDB.