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Simon Schama was born on February 13, 1945 in London, England as Simon Michael Schama. He is a writer and actor, known for A History of Britain (2000), Simon Schama's Power of Art (2006) and The American Future: A History (2008). He is married to Virginia E. Papaioannou. They have one child.
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Writer (11 credits)
Writer (11 credits)
2018
Civilisations
(TV Series documentary) (5 episodes)
- The Vital Spark
(2018)
- Radiance
(2018)
- The Triumph of Art
(2018)
- Paradise on Earth
(2018)
- The Second Moment of Creation
(2018)
2013
The Story of the Jews
(TV Series documentary) (5 episodes)
- Return
(2013)
- Over the Rainbow
(2013)
- A Leap of Faith
(2013)
- Among Believers
(2013)
- The Beginning
(2013)
2012
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
(TV Mini-Series) (2 episodes)
- Hollow Crowns
(2012)
- This England
(2012)
2008
The American Future: A History
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (written by - 4 episodes)
- What Is an American?
(2008)
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- American Fervour
(2008)
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- American War
(2008)
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- American Plenty
(2008)
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Simon Schama's Power of Art
(TV Series documentary) (5 episodes, 2006) (writer - 2 episodes, 2006)
- Rothko
(2006)
- Picasso
(2006)
- Van Gogh
(2006)
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- Turner
(2006)
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- David
(2006)
2003
American Experience
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Murder at Harvard
(2003)
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A History of Britain
(TV Series documentary) (6 episodes, 2000 - 2002) (writer - 1 episode, 2000)
- The Two Winstons
(2002)
- The Wrong Empire
(2001)
- Britannia Incorporated
(2001)
- The British Wars
(2001)
- Nations
(2000)
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1992
Rembrandt the Public Eye and the Private Gaze
(TV Series) (narrative script - 2 episodes)
- The Private Gaze
(1992)
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- The Public Eye
(1992)
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Book: "An Embarrassment of Riches," 1988. See more »Official Sites:
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Professor Simon Schama
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I would want the British reader to feel that religion in America isn't an absurd thing - a sign of a pin head athwart a gigantic body. The antidote to [Robert Putnam's book] 'Bowling Alone' is absolutely school and church." [the twin pillars of a neighbourliness that flourishes in New England as it seldom still does in the old one.] "I remember when we moved into Moon Hill [in Massachusetts], the... See more »Trivia:
Father of Chloe Frances Schama (born in 1983) and father-in-law of Michael Jason Pyle (born in 1978). See more »Star Sign:
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