Simon Schama
Acting
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
Acting26
movieSimon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
2025
Self - Presenter
tvSimon Schama's Story of Us
2025
Self - Presenter
tvSimon Schama's History of Now
2022
Self - Presenter
tvSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Self - Historian
tvRemembers…
2022
Self
tvCivilisations
2018
Presenter / self
tvThe Face of Britain by Simon Schama
2015
Self - Presenter
tvThe Story of the Jews
2013
Self - Presenter
tvSimon Schama's Shakespeare
2012
Self - Presenter
movieTerror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
2009
Self - Author - 'Citizens'
tvA History of Britain
2000
Self — Presenter
Landscape and Memory
1995
Self - Presenter
tvQuestion Time
1979
Self - Panellist
Writing9
tvCivilisations
2018
Writer
movieRough Crossings
2007
Writer