Gerry Anderson

Known for CreatorBorn 1929-04-14Died 2012-12-26West Hampstead, London, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City

Gerry Anderson's Firestorm

Stand by for Action

This Is Supermarionation

The Adventures of Twizzle

Terrahawks: Expect the Unexpected

30 Years in the TARDIS

Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City

Abdullah's Harem

Filmed in Supermarionation

UFO

Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet

Thunderbirds

Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Space: 1999

UFO: Annihilate S.H.A.D.O. Kill Straker...Stop

UFO: Take them Alive

Supercar

Joe 90

You've Never Seen This!

Lavender Castle

UFO: Destroy Luna Base!

Space: 1999

Stingray

Dick Spanner

Thunderbirds Are Go!

Journey Through the Black Sun

Space Precinct

Alien Attack

Crossroads to Crime

Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted

Four Feather Falls

South of Algiers

UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!

Appointment in London

Fireball XL5

Thunderbirds Are GO

Moonraker

Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show

Doppelgänger

Torchy the Battery Boy

Terrahawks

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray

The Protectors

UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!

Thunderbird 6

Invasion: UFO