
Actor
Alan Yentob
11 March 1947† 24 May 2025 (aged 78) London, England, UK
- Directed
- 6
- Written
- 2
- Produced
- 31
- Movies
- 71
- Shows
- 13
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
- Upcoming
- A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas · Film
- IMAGINE: DANGER! Cornelia Parker · Film · Presenter
- 2026
- The Land of Sometimes · Film · Executive Producer
- 2025
- When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville · Film
- The Academy of Armando · Film · Presenter
- 2024
- Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly · Film · Interviewer
- Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now · Film · Interviewer
- Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now · Film · Executive Producer
- Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly · Film · Director
- 2023
- imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter · Film · Presenter
- imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me · Film
- imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester · Film · presenter
- 2022
- Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens · Film
- imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs · Film · Presenter
- Labi Siffre: This Is My Song · Film
- In Conversation with Alan Yentob · Series
- Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens · Film · Presenter
- imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs · Film · Producer
- 2021
- Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life · Film · Presenter
- Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting · Film · Presenter
- 2020
- Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling · Film · Presenter
- Mandy · Series
- 2019
- Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device · Film · Presenter
- Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is · Film · Presenter
- Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless · Film · Presenter
- Jo Brand: No Holds Barred · Film · Presenter
- The Man Who Saw Too Much · Film · Producer
- 2018
- George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up? · Film · Presenter
- Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar · Film
- Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons · Film · Presenter
- Mel Brooks: Unwrapped · Film · Presenter
- Mel Brooks: Unwrapped · Film · Producer
- 2017
- Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room · Film
- Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned · Film
- Habaneros · Film · Executive Producer
- 2016
- The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan · Film
- The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge · Film · Presenter
- A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James · Film
- Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself · Film · Presenter
- One Night In 2012 · Film
- 2015
- David Chipperfield: A Place to Be · Film · Presenter
- Antony Gormley: Being Human · Film · Presenter
- Shylock's Ghost · Film · Presenter
- Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?" · Film · Presenter
- Absolutely Anything · Film · Man at Party
- David Gilmour: Wider Horizons · Film · Executive Producer
- 2014
- The One and Only Mike Leigh · Film · Presenter
- Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future · Film · Presenter
- Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca · Film · Presenter
- Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar · Film · Presenter
- W1A · Series
- 2013
- Who's Afraid of Machiavelli? · Film · Presenter
- Hitler, the Tiger and Me · Film · Presenter
- Turning the Art World Inside Out · Film
- Mini: A Life Revisited · Film · Presenter
- Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins · Film · Presenter
- Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures? · Film
- Goodbye Television Centre · Film · Reporter
- 2012
- Mel Brooks Strikes Back! · Film
- Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me · Film
- Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective · Film
- Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil · Film · Presenter
- London: The Modern Babylon · Film · Executive Producer
- Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story · Film · Presenter
- 2011
- 2010
- Ray Davies: Imaginary Man · Film · Presenter
- The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge · Film · Presenter
- The Seven Year Hitch · Film
- Van Gogh: Painted with Words · Film · Narrator
- Van Gogh: Painted with Words · Film · Adaptation
- Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour · Film · Other
- Ray Davies: Imaginary Man · Film · Editor
- 2009
- Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles · Film
- The Year of Anish Kapoor · Film · Presenter
- 2008
- Richard Serra: Man of Steel · Film · Presenter
- A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami · Film
- Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain · Film · Presenter
- The Story Of The Guitar · Series
- Beautiful People · Series
- Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony · Film · Producer
- Richard Serra: Man of Steel · Film · Executive Producer
- 2007
- How to Get on in the Art World · Film · Presenter
- Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure · Film · Presenter
- Krapp's Last Tape · Film · Self (Introduction)
- Gilbert and George: No Surrender · Film
- Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs · Film · Director
- Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure · Film · Executive Producer
- Krapp's Last Tape · Film · Executive Producer
- 2006
- A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin · Film · Presenter
- Sweet Home New Orleans · Film · Presenter
- 2005
- Fantastic Mr. Dahl · Film · Presenter
- Ideal · Series · Alan Yentob
- 2004
- 2003
- The World According to Parr · Film · Prsenter
- imagine… · Series · Editor
- 2002
- Timeshift · Series · Controller · BBC Two
- 1997
- Operation Good Guys · Series
- 1996
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks · Series · Narrator
- 1988
- Behind The Screen · Series
- 1986
- Open Air · Series
- 1985
- The Real Buddy Holly Story · Film · Executive Producer
- Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain · Film · Editor
- Studs Terkel's Chicago · Film · Executive Producer
- 1984
- The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience · Film · Producer
- The Long Night of Lady Day · Film · Producer
- Sunset People · Film · Executive Producer
- The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert · Film · Producer
- The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel · Film · Producer
- Fela Kuti: Live at Glastonbury 1984 · Film · Producer
- 1983
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet · Series · Producer
- Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano · Film · Executive Producer
- Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes · Film · Producer
- The GPO Story · Film · Producer
- 1982
- Mike Leigh: Making Plays · Film · Narrator · Interviewer
- The Catherine Wheel · Film · Producer
- The Orson Welles Story · Film · Producer
- Mike Leigh: Making Plays · Film · Producer
- Desert Island Discs · Film · Producer
- The Private Life of the Ford Cortina · Film · Executive Producer
- A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton · Film · Producer
- 1981
- Getting Away From Sidney · Film · Producer
- Have You Seen The Mona Lisa...? · Film · Producer
- Today Carshalton Beeches... Tomorrow Croydon · Film · Producer
- 1980
- Arena: Dire Straits · Film · Producer
- Rudies Come Back (The Rise & Rise of 2-Tone) · Film · Producer
- Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood · Film · Producer
- Lene Lovich: Sleeping Beauty · Film · Producer
- Luck and Flaw · Film · Producer
- Mentioned in Dispatches · Film · Executive Producer
- 1979
- My Way · Film · Producer
- 1978
- "The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist · Film · Director
- 1975
- Arena · Series
- David Bowie: Cracked Actor · Film · Director
- Arena · Series · Executive Producer
- 1974
- NOVA · Series · Narrator
- Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s · Film · Producer
- Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show · Film · Producer



























































































