Overview
Louis Theroux
Known For
Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge
Louis Theroux reflects on 25 years of documentaries, featuring brand...
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
Louis returns to visit the Westboro Baptist Church in the...
Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
Louis Theroux visits specialist psychiatric units which treat mothers experiencing...
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
Louis Theroux heads to American college campuses and comes face-to-face...
Biography
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..., and several BBC Two specials.