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Louis Sebastian Theroux (/ˈluːi θəˈruː/; born 20 May 1970) is a British-American documentary filmmaker, journalist, broadcaster, and author.
He has received two British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award.
After graduating from Oxford University, Theroux moved to the US and worked as a journalist for Metro Silicon Valley and Spy.
He moved into television as the presenter of offbeat segments on Michael Moore's TV Nation series and later began to host his own documentaries, including Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, When Louis Met.
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14 years after his first visit Louis...Louis Theroux: The Settlers 2025
14 years after his first visit, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the occupied West Bank.
Behind the singing smiles and double...Boybands Forever 2024
Behind the singing, smiles and double denim was blood, sweat and tears. Heartthrobs from Take That to Westlife and 911 share tales of success, adoration and the flipside of fame.
A true crime documentary inspired by...Tell Them You Love Me 2023
A true crime documentary inspired by one of the most polarising criminal trials of recent history. It explores themes including disability, race, sex and perception of consent by looking back on the controversial case of philosophy professor Anna Stubblefield.
The writer and comedian looks at...David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count 2022
The writer and comedian looks at antisemitism and the progressive left. From theatre to football, Baddiel explores a political blindspot with Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes and Neil Gaiman.
This special sees Louis travel to...Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic 2021
This special sees Louis travel to America to investigate the story of a man who has become one of the most controversial and captivating icons of recent times: the gun-toting, self-described 'gay hillbilly' and 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic.
Meet women in UK legally providing...Louis Theroux: Selling Sex 2020
Meet women in UK, legally providing sexual services, either to make a living or to supplement their income, potentially earning hundreds of pounds per hour.
Louis returns to visit the Westboro...Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family 2019
Louis returns to visit the Westboro Baptist Church in the wake of the death of its leader.
Louis Theroux visits specialist psychiatric units...Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge 2019
Louis Theroux visits specialist psychiatric units which treat mothers experiencing serious mental illness whilst allowing them to live alongside their babies.
Louis Theroux heads to American college...Louis Theroux: The Night in Question 2019
Louis Theroux heads to American college campuses and comes face-to-face with students whose universities are accusing them of sexual assault.
Anorexia the pathological fear of eating...Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia 2017
Anorexia, the pathological fear of eating and gaining weight, is now the most deadly mental illness in the UK, affecting around one in every 250 women. In this film, Louis Theroux embeds himself in two of London's biggest adult eating-disorder treatment facilities: St Ann's Hospital and Vincent Square Clinic. As he spends more time with patients both on and off the wards, he witnesses the dangerous power that anorexia holds over them, and finds himself drawn into a complex relationship between the disorder and the person it inhabits.
Following on from his recent look...Louis Theroux: A Different Brain 2016
Following on from his recent look at alcoholism, the UK’s premier documentarian returns with another sensitive film, this time on living with a brain injury. Earl’s personality and interests have radically altered since he was involved in a car crash, while Dan – who sustained his injury in the late 90s – is desperate to live independently again. Elsewhere, Amanda is struggling to readjust to family life, and Natalie’s carers share her especially affecting story.
After being denied access to the...My Scientology Movie 2016
After being denied access to the Church of Scientology's headquarters, documentarian Louis Theroux teams up with ex-Scientology official Marty Rathbun to stage re-enactments of alleged abuses within the organization. Theroux soon discovers that the church is watching his every move.
Louis Theroux travels to San Francisco...Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids 2015
Louis Theroux travels to San Francisco where a group of pioneering medical professionals help children who say they were born in the wrong body transition from boy to girl or girl to boy at ever younger ages.
In 1997 Louis Theroux made a documentary...Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars 2012
In 1997, Louis Theroux made a documentary about the world of male porn performers in Los Angeles. 15 years later, he returns to find a business struggling with the deluge of free porn on the internet. Louis revisits some of the original programme's contributors as well as meeting the latest crop of porn performers dreaming of porn stardom.
Following up on his 2007 documentary The...Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis 2011
Following up on his 2007 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a week-long visit with the Westboro Baptist Church. He again joins the Phelps family on their controversial pickets where they try to antagonise communities with offensive slogans and anti-gay placards. But four years on from Louis's last visit, there are signs of disarray in the Phelps clan. A series of defections of family members has shaken up the church.
Louis Theroux spends time with a...Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists 2011
Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the most sensitive areas of the West Bank, especially those with a spiritual significance dating back to the Bible. Throughout his journey, Louis gets close to the people most involved with driving the extreme end of the Jewish settler movement - finding them warm, friendly, humorous, and deeply troubling.
Louis visits one of Americas most...Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia 2008
Louis visits one of America’s most crime-ridden cities in this installment of Law and Disorder.
Louis meets the Phelps family the...Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America 2007
Louis meets the Phelps family — the people at the heart of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. The Phelps have rabid anti-homosexual beliefs, and often campaign at the funerals of American soldiers. They believe that every tragedy in the world is God's punishment for homosexuality.
Louis Theroux travels to California to...Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis 2003
Louis Theroux travels to California to meet the man dubbed "the most dangerous racist in America"; Tom Metzger. Louis meets him, his family and his publicity manager as well as following him to skinhead rallies and on a visit to Mexico.
Louis stays with the residents of...Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel 2003
Louis stays with the residents of a soon to open brothel in Nevada for a few weeks.
