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Director
Douglas Adams
Writing
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 24
TMDB ID: 52843
IMDb ID: nm0010930
Known for: Writing
Born: March 11, 1952
Died: May 11, 2001
Age: 49
Place of birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1963 - 2025
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 7.17
Wikidata: Q42
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Director (1)Writer (13)Script Editor (5)Novel (2)Thanks (2)Book (1)
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
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Douglas Adams.
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Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Douglas Adams.
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Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Douglas Adams.
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Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Douglas Adams.
6.7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Novel
2005 Movie
Parrot Fashion
Thanks
2007 Movie
7.0
Hyperland
Writer
1990 Movie
4.7
Faraway Eyes
Thanks
2021 Movie
7.1
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer
2017 Movie
7.2
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Writer
1981 Movie
7.3
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer
2003 Movie
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)
2005 Movie
5.5
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Script Editor
1979 Movie
9.0
Doctor Who: City of Death
Writer
1979 Movie
7.5
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself
1993 Movie
5.5
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
Script Editor
1979 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Douglas Adams.
7.9
Doctor Who
Writer • 8 eps
1963 Series
7.1
Have I Got News for You
as Self • 1 eps
1990 Series
4.5
Wogan
as Self • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.7
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Book • 18 eps
2016 Series
7.2
Omnibus
as Self • 1 eps
1967 Series
8.3
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Writer • 1 eps
1969 Series
8.1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Writer • 6 eps
1981 Series
5.7
Prisoners of Gravity
as Self • 12 eps
1989 Series
7.0
Dirk Gently
Novel • 3 eps
2012 Series
6.8
Doctor Snuggles
Writer • 2 eps
1981 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Douglas Adams.
4.7
Faraway Eyes
Thanks
2021 Movie
7.1
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer
2017 Movie
Doctor Who and the Shada Man
Writer
2013 Movie
Parrot Fashion
Thanks
2007 Movie
6.7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Novel
2005 Movie
7.3
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer
2003 Movie
6.7
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer
1992 Movie
7.0
Hyperland
Writer
1990 Movie
7.2
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Writer
1981 Movie
4.7
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
Script Editor
1980 Movie
6.3
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden
Script Editor
1979 Movie
6.0
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
Script Editor
1979 Movie
9.0
Doctor Who: City of Death
Writer
1979 Movie
5.5
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
Script Editor
1979 Movie
5.5
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Script Editor
1979 Movie
7.0
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
Writer
1978 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Douglas Adams.
7.7
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Book • 18 eps
2016 Series
7.0
Dirk Gently
Novel • 3 eps
2012 Series
6.8
Doctor Snuggles
Writer • 2 eps
1981 Series
8.1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Writer • 6 eps
1981 Series
8.3
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Writer • 1 eps
1969 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
Writer • 8 eps
1963 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Douglas Adams.
8.3
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
as Self (Archive Material)
2025 Movie
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
as Self - (archive)
2024 Movie
A Matter of Time
as (archive footage)
2007 Movie
Parrot Fashion
as (archive footage)
2007 Movie
Paris in the Springtime
as (archive footage)
2005 Movie
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)
2005 Movie
8.0
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
as Himself
2002 Movie
3.0
Rockstar
as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
2000 Movie
Visions of Heaven and Hell
as Self
1994 Movie
7.5
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself
1993 Movie
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
as Self
1993 Movie
7.0
Hyperland
as Self
1990 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Douglas Adams.
7.1
Have I Got News for You
as Self • 1 eps
1990 Series
5.7
Prisoners of Gravity
as Self • 12 eps
1989 Series
4.5
Wogan
as Self • 1 eps
1982 Series
8.1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Man in Pub (uncredited) • 1 eps
1981 Series
8.3
Monty Python's Flying Circus
2 eps
1969 Series
7.2
Omnibus
as Self • 1 eps
1967 Series