
Sir Simon Michael Schama CBE FBA FRHistS FRSL is an English historian and television presenter. He specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University. Schama first came to public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled Citizens, published in 1989. He is also known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television documentary series A History of Britain (2000–2002), as well as other documentary series such as The American Future: A History (2008) and The Story of the Jews (2013).

Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV • 2022

Question Time
TV • 1979

Remembers…
TV • 2022

Remembers…
TV • 2022

Simon Schama's Power of Art
TV • 2006

Civilisations
TV • 2018

Civilisations
TV • 2018

A History of Britain
TV • 2000

Simon Schama's John Donne
TV • 2009

Simon Schama's Shakespeare
TV • 2012

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost
TV • 2000

Simon Schama's Story of Us
TV • 2025

The Story of the Jews
TV • 2013

Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
MOVIE • 2009

Simon Schama's History of Now
TV • 2022

Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
MOVIE • 2025

Schama on Rembrandt: Masterpieces of the Late Years
MOVIE • 2014