Simon Schama
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1945
Place of birth: London, England, UK
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).
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Filmography
7 movies · 19 TV shows, newest first
4.1
Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
2025
7.0
Simon Schama's Story of Us
2025NR
Simon Schama Meets
2022
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Simon Schama's History of Now
2022
2.8
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
7.0
Remembers…
20228.7
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
2020
6.6
Civilisations
2018
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The Face of Britain by Simon Schama
2015
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Schama on Rembrandt: Masterpieces of the Late Years
2014
8.2
The Story of the Jews
2013
7.0
The Genius of Turner: Painting the Industrial Revolution
2013
10.0
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
2012NR
Faulks on Fiction
2011
6.5
Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
2009
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Simon Schama's John Donne
2009
4.5
The American Future: A History
2008
NR
Rough Crossings
2007
7.0
Marie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin
2006
8.2
Simon Schama's Power of Art
20069.0
Murder at Harvard
2003
6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
8.4
A History of Britain
2000
NR
Van de Schoonheid en de Troost
2000NR
Landscape and Memory
1995
5.9
Question Time
1979