Alan Pattillo
- Editing
- July 17, 1929 · Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- January 16, 2020
Biography
Alan Huchison Pattillo (17 July 1929 – 16 January 2020) was a British writer and director who worked on Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, and Thunderbirds television series. He won an Emmy in 1979 alongside Bill Blunden for his film editing on All Quiet on the Western Front. During the 1960s, Pattillo worked on several Gerry Anderson projects. He directed episodes of Four Feather Falls, Supercar and Fireball XL5. His work on the latter is regarded as having brought added sophistication to the direction of the series. Pattillo then worked again for Anderson on Stingray as director, before performing a number of roles on the next series from AP Films. For Thunderbirds Pattillo served as script editor, director, and writer. He directed four and wrote seven of the thirty-two episodes (including Attack of the Alligators!). Aside from his work on Gerry Anderson projects, Pattillo had a varied career in the film industry. He provided the story for a 1967 Diana Rigg era The Avengers episode The Bird Who Knew Too Much, which The Times television review noted as being "quite striking". Pattillo worked as the sound editor on Nicolas Roeg's Performance (1970) and again worked with the director as film editor on Walkabout (1971). He was the sound effects editor on Alan Parker's Pink Floyd: The Wall (1979). His work on All Quiet on the Western Front (also 1979), saw him awarded an Emmy for film editing, an award he shared with Bill Blunden. He later worked as associate editor on the film Gandhi (1982) directed by Richard Attenborough.
Known for
Filmography
- Thunderbirds 4K Double Bill - Atlantic Inferno / Attack of the Alligators! · Writer
- Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City · Director
- Century 21 Revisited · Self
- Presented in Supercolorisation · Director
- HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition · Director
- Stingray: The Reunion Party · Director, Writer
- Stand by for Action · Self
- Cyborg Cop · Editing
- A Little Piece of Sunshine · Editing
- Death Has a Bad Reputation · Editing
- Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story · Assistant Editor
- The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story · Editing
- Deceptions · Editing
- The Corsican Brothers · Editing
- Camille · Editing
- Master of the Game · Editing
- Terrahawks · Director
- Gandhi · Associate Editor
- Pink Floyd: The Wall · Sound Effects Editor
- Britannia Hospital · Sound Effects Editor
- Thunderbirds to the Rescue · Director
- The Incredible Voyage of Stingray · Director
- All Quiet on the Western Front · Editing
- The Music Machine · Editing
- The Odd Job · Sound Editor
- Game of Death · Editing
- The Boys in Company C · Editing
- Paper Tiger · Editing
- Space: 1999 · Editing
- Open Season · Editing
- The Man Called Noon · Editing
- Innocent Bystanders · Editing
- Straight On Till Morning · Editing
- Nobody Ordered Love · Editing, Second Unit Director
- The Fiend · Editing
- Walkabout · Editing
- UFO · Writer
- Performance. · Sound Editor
- The Birthday Party · Sound Editor
- How I Won the War · Sound Editor
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons · Writer
- Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million · Writer
- Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker · Writer
- Thunderbirds: Security Hazard · Director, Writer
- Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham · Director, Writer
- Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators! · Writer
- Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster · Script Editor
- Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment · Script Editor
- Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead · Director, Writer
- Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep · Script Editor
- Thunderbirds: The Imposters · Script Editor
- Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom · Script Editor
- Thunderbirds: Vault of Death · Script Editor
- Thunderbirds: Sun Probe · Director
- Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon · Script Editor
- Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster · Script Editor
- Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact · Script Editor
- Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope · Writer, Director
- Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky · Director
- Thunderbirds · Writer, Director
- Stingray: Aquanaut of the Year · Director
- Stingray: Count Down · Director
- Stingray: Stand By For Action · Director
- Stingray: Treasure Down Below · Director
- Stingray: Tom Thumb Tempest · Director
- Stingray: Titan Goes Pop · Director
- Stingray: An Echo of Danger · Director
- Stingray: Loch Ness Monster · Director
- Stingray · Director
- Stingray · Director
- Fireball XL5 · Director
- Supercar · Director
- The Avengers · Writer
- Four Feather Falls · Director
- Killers of Kilimanjaro · Sound Editor