Editing Ian Curtis (section)

===Film portrayals===
Curtis was portrayed by [[Sean Harris]] in the 2002 film ''[[24 Hour Party People]]'', which dramatised the rise and fall of Factory Records from the 1970s to the 1990s.

In 2007, a biographical film titled ''[[Control (2007 film)|Control]]'' about Curtis was released. This film was largely based upon Deborah Curtis's book ''Touching from a Distance''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/mubi/Control/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/mubi/Control/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Taking Control: Telling the Ian Curtis Story|access-date=26 July 2017|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=12 June 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film was directed by the Dutch rock photographer and music video director [[Anton Corbijn]], who had previously photographed the band and directed the video for their single "[[Atmosphere (Joy Division song)|Atmosphere]]". Deborah Curtis and Tony Wilson were executive producers. [[Sam Riley]], the lead singer of the band [[10,000 Things]], portrays Curtis, while [[Samantha Morton]] plays his wife, Deborah.

''Control'' was debuted at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] on 17 May 2007 and received three awards at the [[Directors' Fortnight]]. ''Control'' portrays Curtis's secondary school romance with Deborah, their marriage, his problems balancing his domestic life with his rise to fame, his struggles with both his major depressive issues and his poorly medicated epilepsy and his later relationship with Annik Honoré.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://joydivision-neworder.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/ian-curtis-and-annik-honore-dazzling.html|title=Joy Division Bootlegs: "Ian Curtis and Annik Honoré - the Dazzling History of Joy Division"|first=Joy|last=Division|date=1 February 2011|website=joydivision-neworder.blogspot.com.au|access-date=15 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=3698 |title=Biopic avoids venerating troubled artist antihero |author=Tim Kroenert |work=Eureka Street|date=31 October 2007 |access-date=31 October 2011}}</ref>