Gerry Anderson
- April 14, 1929 · West Hampstead, London, England, UK
- December 26, 2012
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
Filmography
- Thunderbirds 4K Double Bill - Atlantic Inferno / Attack of the Alligators! · Producer, Executive producer
- Target: Captain Black! · Creator, Executive producer
- Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph · Producer, Executive producer
- Spectrum is 20: The Death and Life of New Captain Scarlet · Self
- The Legend of Captain Scarlet · Executive producer
- Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City · Writer, Creator
- Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit · Self
- Prisoners in Space · Creator, Executive producer
- Space Precinct: The Fire Within · Producer
- Space Precinct: Deathwatch · Producer
- Century 21 Revisited · Self
- Presented in Supercolorisation · Robert the Robot (voice) (uncredited), Robert the Robot / Granatoid 1 (voice) (uncredited)
- Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted · Self
- Thunderbirds 55/GOGO · Creator
- Fireball XL5: Robots in Distress · Original Series Creator
- Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes · Creator
- Gerry Anderson's Firestorm · Idea
- Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame · Music
- HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition · Writer, Director
- Thunderbirds 1965: Introducing Thunderbirds · Creator
- Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman · Creator
- Thunderbirds 1965: The Stately Homes Robberies · Creator
- Thunderbirds Are Go! · Creator
- This Is Supermarionation · Robert the Robot (voice, uncredited), Writer
- Filmed in Supermarionation · Self
- Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Missing Episode · Producer
- Space Precinct Legacy · In Memory Of
- Those Were the Days · Self
- All About 'Thunderbirds'
- Stingray: The Reunion Party · Producer, Writer
- Stand by for Action · Self
- Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet · Producer, Creator
- Thunderbirds · Story
- FireStorm · Consulting Producer, Creator
- Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons · Director, Writer
- Lavender Castle · Writer, Director
- V.I.P. · Relic
- Space Precinct · Producer, Creator
- 30 Years in the TARDIS · Self
- G-Force Intergalactic · Executive producer, Creator
- Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show · Self
- Dick Spanner, P.I. · Producer, Creator
- Thunderbirds 2086: Cloudburst & Nightmare · Original Concept
- Space Police · Producer, Writer
- The Complete Thunderbirds · Original Film Writer, Creator
- Terrahawks: Expect the Unexpected · Writer, Producer
- Terrahawks · Writer, Producer
- Journey Through the Black Sun · Executive producer
- Countdown to Disaster · Original Concept, Executive producer
- Thunderbirds in Outer Space · Executive producer
- Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars · Writer, Executive producer
- Invaders from the Deep · Creator, Executive producer
- The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 · Writer, Creator
- Alien Attack · Executive producer
- Thunderbirds to the Rescue · Producer, Writer
- Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons · Writer, Executive producer
- Invasion: UFO · Director, Creator
- The Incredible Voyage of Stingray · Creator, Writer
- Destination Moonbase-Alpha · Creator, Producer
- The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity · Producer
- Space: 1999 · Producer, Creator
- Space: 1999 · Executive producer
- UFO: Radar contact... They're landing! · Director
- The Investigator · Director, Producer
- The Protectors · Producer, Creator
- UFO: Take Them Alive · Director, Writer
- UFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker... · Characters, Executive producer
- UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth! · Creator, Executive producer
- UFO: Destroy Luna Base! · Creator
- UFO · Writer, Director
- The Secret Service · Writer, Creator
- Doppelgänger · Screenplay, Story
- Joe 90 · Writer, Creator
- Thunderbird 6 · Writer
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons · Writer, Executive producer
- Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million · Executive producer
- Thunderbirds Are GO · Writer
- Thunderbirds: Ricochet · Executive producer
- Thunderbirds: Lord Parker's 'Oliday · Executive producer
- Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker · Executive producer