Gerry Anderson

Personal Info

Known For

Creator

Known Credits

10

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-04-14

Day of death

2012-12-26 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

West Hampstead, London, England, UK

Gerry Anderson

Biography

Gerry Anderson, MBE (born Gerald Alexander Abrahams; 14 April 1929 – 26 December 2012) was an English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist. He was known for his futuristic television programmes, especially his 1960s productions filmed with "Supermarionation" (marionette puppets containing electric moving parts). Anderson's first television production was the 1957 Roberta Leigh children's series The Adventures of Twizzle. Supercar (1961–62) and Fireball XL5 (1962) followed later, both series breaking into the US television market in the early 1960s. In the mid-1960s Anderson produced his most successful series, Thunderbirds. Other television productions of the 1960s include Stingray and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Anderson also wrote and produced several feature films whose box office performance was unexceptional. Following a shift towards live action productions in the 1970s, he had a long and successful association with media impresario Lew Grade and Grade's company ITC, continuing until the second series of Space: 1999. After a career lull when a number of new series concepts failed to get off the ground, his career began a new phase in the early 1980s when audience nostalgia for his earlier Supermarionation series (prompted by Saturday morning re-runs in Britain and Australia) led to new Anderson productions being commissioned. Later projects include a 2005 CGI remake of Captain Scarlet entitled Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet.

Known For

  • V.I.P.

    V.I.P.

  • Fireball XL5

    Fireball XL5

  • Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted

    Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted

  • Filmed in Supermarionation

    Filmed in Supermarionation

  • Presented in Supercolorisation

    Presented in Supercolorisation

  • Presented in Supercolorisation

    Presented in Supercolorisation

  • Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show

    Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show

  • This Is Supermarionation

    This Is Supermarionation

  • 30 Years in the TARDIS

    30 Years in the TARDIS

  • Those Were the Days

    Those Were the Days