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Louis Theroux

ルイス・セロー　/　るいす・せろー

Journalist

May 20, 1970 (age 56)　・　Singapore

journalist
documentary filmmaker
screenwriter

My Take

Louis Theroux is, for my money, the finest interviewer of awkward truths working today. His method looks like naivety: gentle questions, long silences, a willingness to seem foolish. But behind it sits an Oxford-trained rigor and a moral patience that lets extremists, cultists, and broken institutions reveal themselves without prompting. Three BAFTAs only hint at his influence; an entire generation of documentary makers now imitates the Theroux pause. What I value most is that he never positions himself as superior to his subjects, which is precisely why his films cut so deep. He is proof that curiosity, honestly applied, beats confrontation.

Overview

Louis Sebastian Theroux ( LOO-ee thə-ROO; born 20 May 1970) is a British-American journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received three British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award. After graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford, Theroux moved to the United States and worked as a journalist for Metro Silicon Valley and Spy.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Louis Theroux
Name (Japanese): ルイス・セロー
Reading: るいす・せろー
Born: May 20, 1970 (age 56)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Dog
Origin: Singapore
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: journalist / documentary filmmaker / screenwriter / television producer / television personality

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Magdalen College

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

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6. Links

Official sitehttp://louistheroux.com/
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Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Theroux

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