Richard Curtis

He lived in different countries during his childhood, including Sweden and The Phillipines and was born in Wellington in New Zealand . Studied literature at Oxford where he first met Rowan Atkinson and ironically now lives in Notting Hill. He based some of his work around his personal life including 4 weddings and a funeral with him and his partner's experience of meeting so many times at other people's weddings before finally getting together. Richard Curtis portrays Britishness by combining a range of different factors/ingredients to make one of his rom-coms. These include a good location either in or outside of London as well as making the values very clear to see as well as the humiliation that frequently is present in the humour of the film. He also portrays Britishness as a proud heritage which probably influenced him while spending his main educational years in Britain. He may also have been influenced by the way British culture was developing over the many years and working with people like Rowan Atkinson influenced his sense of humour and how he could adapt it to the big screen. His atheism also is a key factor in the writing of his programming.