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- Mary Adams (1898–1984): English producer and administrator in the BBC, instrumental in setting up the BBC's television service.[1]
- Phillip Adams (1939–): Australian broadcaster, writer, film-maker, left-wing radical thinker and iconoclast. He was the Australian Humanist of the Year in 1987.[2]
- Adithya (1974–): Indian Actor.[3]
- Robert Altman (1925–2006): American film director, recognised in 2006 with an Academy Honorary Award. [4]
- Joan Bakewell CBE (1933–): English television presenter and journalist.[5]
- Javier Bardem (1969–): Spanish actor and former rugby player best known for his role in Jamón, Jamón.[6]
- Paul Bettany (1971–): English actor, known for his roles in A Knight's Tale, A Beautiful Mind, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and The Da Vinci Code.[7]
- Brannon Braga (1965–): American TV producer and writer, creator of Star Trek: Enterprise.[8]
- Jim Broadbent (1949–): English Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and BAFTA-winning theatre, film and television actor.[9]
- Jeremy Brock (1959–): British actor, producer, writer, and director, whose work includes Mrs. Brown and the BAFTA award winning screenplay for The Last King of Scotland.[10]
- Derren Brown (1971–): English psychological illusionist, mentalist, and skeptic of paranormal phenomena. Professed to being an atheist in his book Tricks of the Mind and described Bertrand Russell's collection of essays Why I Am Not a Christian "an absolute joy."
- Luis Buñuel (1900–1983): Spanish film-maker, activist of the surrealist movement. Known for his one-liner, "Thank God I'm still an atheist."[11]
- Peter Caffrey (1949–2008): Irish actor, best known for playing Padraig O'Kelly in Series 1-4 of Ballykissangel.[12]
- Richard Carleton (1943–2006): Current affairs journalist for Australia's 60 Minutes.[13]
- Adam Carolla (1964–): American comedic radio personality and television personality, best known for co-hosting the radio program Loveline and the television series The Man Show.[14]
- Asia Carrera (1973–): Former American pornographic actress.[15]
- Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977): English comedy actor, director and musician; he is considered to be one of the finest mimes and clowns caught on film.[16]
- Billy Connolly (1942—): Scottish comedian, actor and presenter.[17]
- Sir Noël Coward (1899–1973): English actor, playwright and composer of popular music.[18]
- David Cronenberg OC, FRSC (1943–): Canadian film director, one of the principal originators of the 'body horror' genre.[19]
- Mackenzie Crook (1971–): English actor and comedian, known for playing Gareth Keenan in The Office and Ragetti in Pirates of the Caribbean.[20]
- Russell T Davies (1963–): Welsh television producer and writer, most famous for reviving Doctor Who on British television.[21]
- Terence Davies (1945–): English screenwriter, film director, actor and novelist.[22]
- William B. Davis (1938–): Canadian actor, known for his role as the Cigarette Smoking Man in The X-Files.[23]
- Stanley Donen (1924–): American film director, best known for his musicals including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Singin' in the Rain; awarded honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement.[24]
- Amanda Donohoe (1962–): English film, stage and television actress.[25]
- David Edgar (1948–): British playwright, noted for his adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel Nicholas Nickleby.[26]
- Harvey Fierstein (1962—): American Tony award-winning actor, playwright, and Emmy-nominated screenwriter best known for his work on the Torch Song Trilogy.[27]
- Brian Flemming (1966–): American film director and playwright, notable for his 2005 film The God Who Wasn't There.[28]
- Sir Denis Forman (1917–): British Director (1949–1954) and later Chair (1971–1973) of The British Film Institute, Chairman and Managing Director of Granada Television, and Director of the Royal Opera House in London.[29]
- Jodie Foster (1962–): American film actress, director, and producer. Two-time Academy Award-winner.[30]
- Stephen Fry (1957–): British humourist, writer, actor and filmmaker.[31]
- Paul Giamatti (1967–): American film and television actor.[32]
- Peter Greenaway, CBE (1942–): Welsh-born English film director.[33]
- Tony Hancock (1924–1968): British actor and comedian, star of the popular Hancock's Half Hour.[34]
- Sir David Hare (1947–): Award-winning English dramatist and theatre and film director.[35]
- Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003): American actress who appeared in 53 films from 1932 to 1994; winner of four Academy Awards for Best Actress.[36]
- John Huston (1906–1987): American Academy Award-winning film director and actor, especially known for the classic films The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Asphalt Jungle, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo, The African Queen, The Misfits and The Man Who Would Be King.[37]
- Penn Jillette (1955–): American magician, co-host of the television show Bullshit!, on which he has identified himself as an atheist and criticized various religious beliefs.[38] He has also taken the Blasphemy Challenge.
- Sarah Kane (1971–1999): English playwright.[39]
- Skandar Keynes (1991–): English actor (Chronicles of Narnia films).[40]
- Rajeev Khandelwal (1975–): Indian Television actor.[41]
- Michael Kinsley (1951–): American political journalist, commentator, and television host.[42]
- Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922–2007): Polish film director.[43]
- Jan Kott (1914–2001): Polish theatre theoretician and influential critic.[44]
- Burt Lancaster (1913–1994): American Academy Award-winning film actor.[45]
- Hugh Laurie OBE (1959–): English actor, comedian and writer, star of the television show House.[46]
- Nigella Lawson (1960–): English journalist, food writer, broadcaster and television presenter.[47]
- Tom Leykis (1956–): American radio talk-show host.[48]
- Kevin Macdonald (1967–): Scottish two-time BAFTA winning director, most famous for his films The Last King of Scotland and Touching the Void.[49]
- Seth MacFarlane (1973–): Creator, animator, executive producer, actor, writer for American Dad and Family Guy.[50][51]
- Paul Mazursky (1930–): American director, producer and actor.[52]
- Sir Ian McKellen (1939–): English stage and screen actor.[53]
- Butterfly McQueen (1911–1995): American actress, most famous as Prissy, the young maid in Gone with the Wind.[54]
- Stephen Merchant (1974–): British actor and writer, co-creator of The Office.[55][56]
- George Meyer (1956–): American television producer and writer, notably for The Simpsons.[57]
- Helen Mirren DBE (1945–): English stage, television and Oscar-winning actress]] film actress.[58]
- Warren Mitchell (1926–): English actor, most famously in the long-running BBC TV series Till Death Us Do Part.[59]
- Cillian Murphy (1976–): Irish stage and screen actor.[60]
- Jonathan Myerson (1960–): British television and radio dramatist.[61]
- Jack Nicholson (1937—): American actor, three time Academy Award-winner. Nicholson told Vanity Fair he doesn't believe in God anymore but envies people with faith.[62]
- Bruce Parry (1969–): English former Royal Marine instructor who presents the BBC / Discovery Channel documentary Tribe.[63]
- Julia Pascal (1949–): British Jewish playwright and theatre director. [64]
- Sam Perrin (1901–1998): American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter.[65]
- Peter Purves (1939–): English actor and television presenter, best known for a role in Doctor Who and presenting Blue Peter.[66]
- Julia Phillips (1944–2002): Academy Award-winning film producer and author, the first woman to win an Oscar as a producer.[67]
- Michael Pitt (1981–): American actor and musician.[68]
- Sarah Polley (1979–): Canadian actress and director.[69]
- Fyfe Robertson (1902–1987): Scottish television journalist.[70]
- Griff Rhys Jones (1953–): Welsh comedian, writer, actor and television presenter.[71][72]
- Andy Serkis (1964–): English actor and director, best known for his portrayal of Sméagol/Gollum in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.[73]
- Omar Sharif - Academy Award-nominated Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films; an Egyptian Melkite Catholic who converted to Islam, but is now an atheist.[74]
- Don Siegel (1912–1991): Influential American film director and producer.[75]
- Steven Soderbergh (1963–): American filmmaker, Academy Award-winning director of such films as Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Ocean's Eleven, and Sex, Lies and Videotape.[76]
- David Starkey CBE (1945–): English historian, television and radio presenter, and specialist in the Tudor period.[77]
- J. Michael Straczynski (1954–): American writer and producer, creator of Babylon 5.[78]
- Paul Taylor (1930–): American choreographer, one of the foremost of the 20th century.[79]
- Teller (magician) (1948–): American magician, co-host of the television show Bullshit!.[38]
- Kenneth Tynan (1927–1980): Influential and often controversial British theatre critic and writer.[80]
- Theo van Gogh (1957–2004): Dutch film director, television producer, publicist and actor, murdered following the broadcasting of his film Submission.[81]
- Ram Gopal Varma (1962–): Indian film director, writer and film producer.[82]
- Wynford Vaughan-Thomas CBE (1908–1987): Welsh newspaper journalist and radio and television broadcaster with a lengthy career.[83]
- Paul Verhoeven (1938–1987): Dutch BAFTA Award nominated film director, screenwriter, and film producer, filming in both the Netherlands and the United States, best known for the American feature films RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct and Starship Troopers and Dutch films Black Book and Soldier of Orange.[84]
- Paolo Villaggio (1932–): Italian actor, writer, director and comedian, especially famous for his grotesque irony and satire, who often worked with Federico Fellini.[85]
- Joss Whedon (1964–): American screenwriter and director, most famous for creating the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise.[86]
- Lalla Ward (1951–): English actress and illustrator, best known for playing Romana in Doctor Who; she is married to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.[87]
- Peter White (1947–): English broadcast journalist and DJ; blind since birth, he is closely associated with disability issues.[88]
- Gene Wilder (1933–): American actor best known for his role as Willy Wonka.[89]
- Robyn Williams (1944–): Australian science journalist and broadcaster, interviewer and host of the Science Show on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[90]
- Ted Willis (1914–1992): British television dramatist, also politically active in support of the Labour Party.[91]
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