Simon Schama
- Acting
- February 13, 1945 · London, England, UK
Biography
Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL is an English historian and television presenter. He specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University. Schama first came to public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled Citizens, published in 1989. He is also known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television documentary series A History of Britain (2000–2002), as well as other documentary series such as The American Future: A History (2008) and The Story of the Jews (2013).
Known for
Filmography
- Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz · Self, Writer
- Simon Schama's Story of Us · Self
- Simon Schama Meets · Presenter
- Simon Schama's History of Now · Self, Writer
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg · Self
- Remembers… · Self
- The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama · Self, Writer
- Civilisations · Self, Writer
- The Face of Britain by Simon Schama · Self
- Schama on Rembrandt: Masterpieces of the Late Years · Writer
- The Story of the Jews · Self, Writer
- The Genius of Turner: Painting the Industrial Revolution · Self
- Simon Schama's Shakespeare · Self, Writer
- Faulks on Fiction
- Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution · Self
- Simon Schama's John Donne · Writer, Creator
- The American Future: A History · Writer
- Rough Crossings · Host, Writer
- Marie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin · Self
- Simon Schama's Power of Art · Writer, Creator
- Murder at Harvard · Writer
- Real Time with Bill Maher · Self
- A History of Britain · Self — Presenter, Writer
- Van de Schoonheid en de Troost · Self
- Landscape and Memory · Self, Writer
- American Experience · Writer
- Question Time · Self