7Acting
Alan Yentob
- Born
- 1947-03-11
- Died
- 2025-05-24
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
Biography
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
130 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
The Land of Sometimes
2026 · Movie
Executive Producer · In Memory Of
The Academy of Armando
2025 · Movie
Self - Presenter
When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville
2025 · Movie
Self
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
2024 · Movie
Self - Interviewer · Executive Producer · Editor
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
2024 · Movie
Self - Interviewer · Director
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 · Movie
Self - Presenter
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023 · Movie
Self
imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
2023 · Movie
Self - presenter
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
2022 · Movie
Self - Presenter · Producer
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
2022 · TV Show
Self
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
2022 · Movie
Self · Presenter
Labi Siffre: This Is My Song
2022 · Movie
Cast
Remembers…
2022 · TV Show
Self
Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
2021 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
2021 · Movie
Presenter
Mandy
2020 · TV Show
Self
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
2020 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
2019 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
2019 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Jo Brand: No Holds Barred
2019 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
2019 · Movie
Self - Presenter
The Man Who Saw Too Much
2019 · Movie
Director · Producer
George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
2018 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
2018 · Movie
Self
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018 · Movie
Self - Presenter · Producer · Director
Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
2018 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Habaneros
2017 · Movie
Executive Producer
Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned
2017 · Movie
Self
Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room
2017 · Movie
Self
A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James
2016 · Movie
Self
Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
2016 · Movie
Self - Presenter
One Night In 2012
2016 · Movie
Cast
The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan
2016 · Movie
Self
The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge
2016 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Absolutely Anything
2015 · Movie
Man at Party (uncredited)
Antony Gormley: Being Human
2015 · Movie
Self - Presenter
David Chipperfield: A Place to Be
2015 · Movie
Self - Presenter
David Gilmour: Wider Horizons
2015 · Movie
Executive Producer
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
2015 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Shylock's Ghost
2015 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future
2014 · Movie
Self - Presenter
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
2014 · Movie
Self
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
2014 · Movie
Self - Presenter
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014 · Movie
Self - Presenter
W1A
2014 · TV Show
Self
Goodbye Television Centre
2013 · Movie
Self - Reporter
Hitler, the Tiger and Me
2013 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Mini: A Life Revisited
2013 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Turning the Art World Inside Out
2013 · Movie
Cast
Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?
2013 · Movie
Self
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
2013 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
2013 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story
2012 · Movie
Executive Producer · Presenter
Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective
2012 · Movie
Self
Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me
2012 · Movie
Self
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012 · Movie
Self - Presenter
London: The Modern Babylon
2012 · Movie
Executive Producer
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
2012 · Movie
Self
Books: The Last Chapter?
2011 · Movie
Self
Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
2011 · Movie
Self
The Trouble with Tolstoy
2011 · Movie
Cast
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
2010 · Movie
Other · Editor
Ray Davies: Imaginary Man
2010 · Movie
Self - Presenter · Editor
The Seven Year Hitch
2010 · Movie
Self
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
2010 · Movie
Presenter
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
2010 · Movie
Self - Narrator · Adaptation · Producer
Live from Studio Five
2009 · TV Show
Self
Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles
2009 · Movie
Self
The Year of Anish Kapoor
2009 · Movie
Self - Presenter
A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami
2008 · Movie
Self
Beautiful People
2008 · TV Show
Self
Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain
2008 · Movie
Presenter
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
2008 · Movie
Presenter · Executive Producer
The Story Of The Guitar
2008 · TV Show
Cast
Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
2008 · Movie
Producer
Gilbert and George: No Surrender
2007 · Movie
Self
How to Get on in the Art World
2007 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure
2007 · Movie
Self - Presenter · Executive Producer
Krapp's Last Tape
2007 · Movie
Self (Introduction) · Executive Producer
Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs
2007 · Movie
Director
A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin
2006 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Sweet Home New Orleans
2006 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Fantastic Mr. Dahl
2005 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Ideal
2005 · TV Show
Alan Yentob
Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture
2004 · Movie
Self
imagine…
2003 · TV Show
Self - Presenter · Editor
The World According to Parr
2003 · Movie
Self - Prsenter
Timeshift
2002 · TV Show
Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage)
Operation Good Guys
1997 · TV Show
Cast
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · TV Show
Self - Narrator
Behind The Screen
1988 · TV Show
Cast
Open Air
1986 · TV Show
Cast
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
1985 · Movie
Editor · Producer
Studs Terkel's Chicago
1985 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Real Buddy Holly Story
1985 · Movie
Executive Producer
Fela Kuti: Live at Glastonbury 1984
1984 · Movie
Producer
Sunset People
1984 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert
1984 · Movie
Producer
The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience
1984 · Movie
Producer
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984 · Movie
Producer
The Long Night of Lady Day
1984 · Movie
Producer
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983 · TV Show
Producer
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
1983 · Movie
Executive Producer
Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes
1983 · Movie
Producer
The GPO Story
1983 · Movie
Producer
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
1982 · Movie
Producer
Desert Island Discs
1982 · Movie
Producer
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982 · Movie
Self - Narrator, Interviewer · Producer
The Catherine Wheel
1982 · Movie
Producer
The Orson Welles Story
1982 · Movie
Producer
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
1982 · Movie
Executive Producer
Getting Away From Sidney
1981 · Movie
Producer
Have You Seen The Mona Lisa...?
1981 · Movie
Producer
Today Carshalton Beeches... Tomorrow Croydon
1981 · Movie
Producer
Arena: Dire Straits
1980 · Movie
Producer
Lene Lovich: Sleeping Beauty
1980 · Movie
Producer
Luck and Flaw
1980 · Movie
Producer
Mentioned in Dispatches
1980 · Movie
Executive Producer
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
1980 · Movie
Producer
Rudies Come Back (The Rise & Rise of 2-Tone)
1980 · Movie
Producer
My Way
1979 · Movie
Producer
"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist
1978 · Movie
Director
Arena
1975 · TV Show
Executive Producer
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
1975 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s
1974 · Movie
Producer
Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show
1974 · Movie
Producer
NOVA
1974 · TV Show
Narrator
A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas
Date unknown · Movie
Self
IMAGINE: DANGER! Cornelia Parker
Date unknown · Movie
Presenter · Editor