page_title: Louis Theroux
hierarchical_section_title: Louis Theroux
caption_attribution_description: Louis Theroux. Foto: Gaute Singstad.
context_page_description: Louis Sebastian Theroux is a British documentary filmmaker, journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received two British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award.
  Born in Singapore to an English mother and American father, Theroux moved with his family to London when he was a child along with younger sister, Emma Ryan Theroux. After graduating from Oxford, he moved to the U.S. 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. This led to a series of BBC documentaries, including Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, When Louis Met..., and several BBC Two specials.
context_section_description: Louis Sebastian Theroux (/ˈluːi θəˈruː/; born 20 May 1970) is a British documentary filmmaker, journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received two British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award.
  Born in Singapore to an English mother and American father (writer Paul Theroux), Theroux moved with his family to London when he was a child along with younger sister, Emma Ryan Theroux. After graduating from Oxford, he moved to the U.S. 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. This led to a series of BBC documentaries, including Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, When Louis Met..., and several BBC Two specials.
caption: Theroux in May 2009
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