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Gerry Anderson is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer British born on 14 april 1929 at Bloomsbury (United-kingdom)
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 in "Supermarionation" (a process involving the use of modified marionette puppets).
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) led to new Anderson productions being commissioned. Later projects include a 2005 CGI remake of Captain Scarlet entitled Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet.
Deborah et Joseph Abrahams, les parents de Gerry Anderson, sont originaires d'Europe de l'Est. Ils changent de nom après leur installation en Grande-Bretagne. Né à Bloomsbury en 1929, Gerry Anderson grandit à Kilburn puis à Neasden, dans le borough londonien de Brent. Il effectue un stage dans la Colonial Film Unit, qui dépend du ministère de l'Information britannique, puis est engagé par la société de production Gainsborough Pictures. Durant son service militaire, il est opérateur radio dans la Royal Air Force.
AP Films
Anderson et le réalisateur Arthur Provis fondent la société de production AP Films en 1957. Ils sont approchés par l'auteur Roberta Leigh pour produire The Adventures of Twizzle, une série télévisée d'animation pour enfants utilisant des marionnettes. La société n'ayant pas d'autres commandes et devant faire face à des difficultés financières, les deux associés acceptent l'offre de Leigh, bien que leur intention de départ n'était pas de réaliser des films d'animation. Ils produisent ensuite Torchy the Battery Boy, une autre série d'animation écrite par Leigh, dont le succès persuade Anderson et Provis de se spécialiser dans ce domaine. Sa troisième production est une comédie se passant au Far-Ouest intitulée Four Feather Falls. Par la suite, la société réalise les séries de science-fiction Supercar, Fusée XL5 (Fireball XL5) et L'Escadrille sous-marine (Stingray), dont les marionnettes sont animées grâce au procédé supermarionation mis au point par AP Films.
Gerry Anderson travaille sur la série suivante à partir de 1963. Il est inspiré par le récit du sauvetage de mineurs bloqués sous terre lors d'un accident minier survenu en Allemagne. Les Sentinelles de l'air (Thunderbirds), diffusée à partir de 1965 sur le réseau britannique ITV, relate les aventures de l'organisation International Rescue. La série est diffusée en France sur Antenne 2 dès 1976.
Autres productions
Durant les années 1970, Gerry et Sylvia Anderson créent la série de science-fiction Cosmos 1999, interprétée entre autres par les acteurs Martin Landau et Barbara Bain.
Gerry Anderson est revenu sur le devant de la scène dans les années 80 avec une série qui connaîtra un gros succès dans les pays anglo-saxons. Mais ici pas de technique sophistiquée pour faire fonctionner les marionnettes, elles sont manipulées avec des gants. Les moyens financiers étant plus modestes, les économies sont aussi réalisées sur la pellicule, pas de film 35 mm mais un tournage en 16 mm d'où une qualité visuelle moindre. Intitulée Terrahawks, elle bénéficiait d'effets visuels soignés avec de nombreuses maquettes de vaisseaux spatiaux. Elle durera trois saisons de 1983 à 1986 pour un total de 39 épisodes d'une durée de 25 minutes.
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Gerry Anderson
Birth name Gerald Alexander Abrahams
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 april 1929 at Bloomsbury (United-kingdom)
Death 26 december 2012 (at 83 years) at Oxfordshire (United-kingdom)
Creator of AP Films
Awards Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 april 1929 at Bloomsbury (United-kingdom)
Death 26 december 2012 (at 83 years) at Oxfordshire (United-kingdom)
Creator of AP Films
Awards Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
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) led to new Anderson productions being commissioned. Later projects include a 2005 CGI remake of Captain Scarlet entitled Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet.
Biography
JeunesseDeborah et Joseph Abrahams, les parents de Gerry Anderson, sont originaires d'Europe de l'Est. Ils changent de nom après leur installation en Grande-Bretagne. Né à Bloomsbury en 1929, Gerry Anderson grandit à Kilburn puis à Neasden, dans le borough londonien de Brent. Il effectue un stage dans la Colonial Film Unit, qui dépend du ministère de l'Information britannique, puis est engagé par la société de production Gainsborough Pictures. Durant son service militaire, il est opérateur radio dans la Royal Air Force.
AP Films
Anderson et le réalisateur Arthur Provis fondent la société de production AP Films en 1957. Ils sont approchés par l'auteur Roberta Leigh pour produire The Adventures of Twizzle, une série télévisée d'animation pour enfants utilisant des marionnettes. La société n'ayant pas d'autres commandes et devant faire face à des difficultés financières, les deux associés acceptent l'offre de Leigh, bien que leur intention de départ n'était pas de réaliser des films d'animation. Ils produisent ensuite Torchy the Battery Boy, une autre série d'animation écrite par Leigh, dont le succès persuade Anderson et Provis de se spécialiser dans ce domaine. Sa troisième production est une comédie se passant au Far-Ouest intitulée Four Feather Falls. Par la suite, la société réalise les séries de science-fiction Supercar, Fusée XL5 (Fireball XL5) et L'Escadrille sous-marine (Stingray), dont les marionnettes sont animées grâce au procédé supermarionation mis au point par AP Films.
Gerry Anderson travaille sur la série suivante à partir de 1963. Il est inspiré par le récit du sauvetage de mineurs bloqués sous terre lors d'un accident minier survenu en Allemagne. Les Sentinelles de l'air (Thunderbirds), diffusée à partir de 1965 sur le réseau britannique ITV, relate les aventures de l'organisation International Rescue. La série est diffusée en France sur Antenne 2 dès 1976.
Autres productions
Durant les années 1970, Gerry et Sylvia Anderson créent la série de science-fiction Cosmos 1999, interprétée entre autres par les acteurs Martin Landau et Barbara Bain.
Gerry Anderson est revenu sur le devant de la scène dans les années 80 avec une série qui connaîtra un gros succès dans les pays anglo-saxons. Mais ici pas de technique sophistiquée pour faire fonctionner les marionnettes, elles sont manipulées avec des gants. Les moyens financiers étant plus modestes, les économies sont aussi réalisées sur la pellicule, pas de film 35 mm mais un tournage en 16 mm d'où une qualité visuelle moindre. Intitulée Terrahawks, elle bénéficiait d'effets visuels soignés avec de nombreuses maquettes de vaisseaux spatiaux. Elle durera trois saisons de 1983 à 1986 pour un total de 39 épisodes d'une durée de 25 minutes.
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Filmography of Gerry Anderson (8 films)
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Filmed in Supermarionation (2014)
, 1h54Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about television, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Nicholas Parsons, Brian Johnson, Robert Easton, Shane Rimmer
Rating73%
Filmed in Supermarionation tells the story of the development of Supermarionation, a term coined to describe the unique form of puppetry employed by the teams at AP Films and Century 21 studios under the watchful eyes of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The documentary is hosted by Lady Penelope and Parker, the puppet stars of Thunderbirds, who seek to uncover the story behind their creation.
Director
Crossroads to Crime (1960)
, 57minutesDirected by Gerry Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies, Heist films, Gangster films
Actors Anthony Oliver, Ferdy Mayne, George Murcell, Arthur Rigby, Victor Maddern, Miriam Karlin
Rating53%
While on foot patrol, Police Constable Don Ross (Anthony Oliver) chances upon a gang of lorry hijackers operating from the back of a transport café. After seeing Diamond (George Murcell) and Johnny (David Graham) drive off in a car with the manageress, Connie Williams (Miriam Karlin), apparently being held hostage in the back seat, Ross jumps onto and clings to the vehicle's side; however, he is quickly thrown into the road, suffering a head injury. Pretending to have come across the disorientated officer purely by chance, Diamond and Johnny drop Ross off at his home. Later, Williams is brought before the hijackers' wealthy ringleader, Miles (Ferdy Mayne), who warns her not to betray the gang to the authorities.
Scriptwriter
Blonde and Blonder (2008)
, 1h34Directed by Bob Clark
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Pamela Anderson, Denise Richards, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Meghan Ory, Kevin P. Farley, Julia Anderson
Roles Writer
Rating28%
Two dumb blondes, Dee Twiddle (Pamela Anderson) and Dawn St. Dom (Denise Richards), meet each other at their first lesson in flight school. Dee is a big-breasted professional dancer with a pet turtle, Virgil, who has a gas problem. Dawn is a former secretary who has tried to be a dancer. After meeting with each other in flight school, they take off in their plane without the instructor. When they notice that it's their first lesson, the blondes panic and crash into a golf course. The blondes survive the crash with no injuries. The blondes eventually become friends and they notice that they have been neighbors for nearly a year.
Thunderbirds (2004)
, 1h35Directed by Jonathan Frakes
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Space opera, Heist films, Children's films, Disaster films
Actors Brady Corbet, Bill Paxton, Anthony Edwards, Sophia Myles, Lou Hirsch, Vanessa Hudgens
Roles Teleplay
Rating43%
The Tracy family, led by former astronaut Jeff Tracy, operate International Rescue, a secret organization that aids those in need using the technologically advanced machines called Thunderbirds. The youngest son Alan lives at a boarding school on the mainland dreaming of being a Thunderbird pilot. He and his friend Fermat Hackenbacker, son of the Thunderbirds’ engineer Brains, are picked up by Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward and her butler Aloysius Parker. Lady Penelope is an International Rescue agent, travelling to Tracy Island in the South Pacific in her limo FAB 1. The Thunderbirds return from an oil rig fire, but Alan and Fermat play around in Thunderbird 1, discovering a strange compound splattered on the side. Unbeknownst to them, the compound is a tracking beacon being used by the Hood, a psychic criminal mastermind who has a vendetta against Jeff for not saving him in a collapsing diamond mine while his brother Kyrano was rescued.
Directed by Robert Lynn
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Space adventure films, Films about music and musicians, Sur la Lune, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Musical films, Space opera
Actors Francis Matthews
Roles Writer
Rating44%
An attempt to survey the Mysterons' planet, Mars, with a space probe is threatened when a scientist attached to the project is killed and duplicated by the Mysterons ("Shadow of Fear").
, 1h41Directed by Robert Parrish
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure, Spy
Themes Space adventure films, Spy films, Monde imaginaire, Films about sexuality, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Lynn Loring, George Sewell, Patrick Wymark, Philip Madoc
Roles Histoire
Rating62%
In 2069, the unmanned Sun Probe locates a planet lying on the same orbital path as Earth on the opposite side of the Sun. Dr Kurt Hassler (Herbert Lom) of the European Space Exploration Council (EUROSEC) has been relaying the spacecraft's flight data to a rival power in the East; after tracing the transmissions to Hassler's laboratory, Security Chief Mark Neuman (George Sewell) catches the scientist in the act and kills him. EUROSEC director Jason Webb (Patrick Wymark) convinces NASA representative David Poulson (Ed Bishop) that the West must be the first to send a mission to investigate the planet. With EUROSEC member states France and Germany unwilling to provide financial support, Webb obtains majority funding from NASA; American astronaut Colonel Glenn Ross (Roy Thinnes) and British astrophysicist Dr John Kane (Ian Hendry), the head of the Sun Probe project, are assigned to the mission.
Thunderbird 6 (1968)
, 1h29Directed by David Lane
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Spy, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Children's films, Disaster films
Actors Peter Dyneley, Shane Rimmer, Jeremy Wilkin, Sylvia Anderson, Matt Zimmerman, David Graham
Roles Writer
Rating62%
In 2068, the New World Aircraft Corporation (NWAC) provides Brains, the inventor of the Thunderbird machines of the humanitarian International Rescue organisation, with an open brief to design a revolutionary aircraft. Although Brains is ridiculed when he proposes an airship for the 21st century, NWAC accepts his blueprints and builds Skyship One, which will circumnavigate the world on its maiden flight with pre-programmed stopover destinations. Alan, Tin-Tin, Lady Penelope and Parker will represent International Rescue as special guests. Brains, meanwhile, is forced to remain on Tracy Island when Jeff decides that International Rescue requires a Thunderbird 6. Contracted to design this latest addition to the Thunderbirds fleet with no specification, Brains produces a range of concepts, all of which are rejected by Jeff.
Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
, 1h33Directed by David Lane
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Spy, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Spy films, Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films, Mars in film, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Peter Dyneley, Shane Rimmer, Jeremy Wilkin, Sylvia Anderson, Matt Zimmerman, David Graham
Rating63%
In 2065, the Zero-X spacecraft launches from Glenn Field as the first attempt at a manned mission to Mars. Unknown to Captain Paul Travers and his crew of two astronauts and two scientists, criminal mastermind the Hood has infiltrated the ship to photograph Zero-X's wing mechanism. When his foot becomes trapped in the hydraulics, the Hood causes a systems failure and Zero-X loses control. While the villain manages to extract his bloodied foot and parachute from the undercarriage, Travers and his crew eject in an escape pod and Zero-X crashes into the ocean before leaving Earth's atmosphere.
Producer
Blonde and Blonder (2008)
, 1h34Directed by Bob Clark
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Pamela Anderson, Denise Richards, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Meghan Ory, Kevin P. Farley, Julia Anderson
Roles Producer
Rating28%
Two dumb blondes, Dee Twiddle (Pamela Anderson) and Dawn St. Dom (Denise Richards), meet each other at their first lesson in flight school. Dee is a big-breasted professional dancer with a pet turtle, Virgil, who has a gas problem. Dawn is a former secretary who has tried to be a dancer. After meeting with each other in flight school, they take off in their plane without the instructor. When they notice that it's their first lesson, the blondes panic and crash into a golf course. The blondes survive the crash with no injuries. The blondes eventually become friends and they notice that they have been neighbors for nearly a year.
, 1h41Directed by Robert Parrish
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure, Spy
Themes Space adventure films, Spy films, Monde imaginaire, Films about sexuality, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Lynn Loring, George Sewell, Patrick Wymark, Philip Madoc
Roles Producer
Rating62%
In 2069, the unmanned Sun Probe locates a planet lying on the same orbital path as Earth on the opposite side of the Sun. Dr Kurt Hassler (Herbert Lom) of the European Space Exploration Council (EUROSEC) has been relaying the spacecraft's flight data to a rival power in the East; after tracing the transmissions to Hassler's laboratory, Security Chief Mark Neuman (George Sewell) catches the scientist in the act and kills him. EUROSEC director Jason Webb (Patrick Wymark) convinces NASA representative David Poulson (Ed Bishop) that the West must be the first to send a mission to investigate the planet. With EUROSEC member states France and Germany unwilling to provide financial support, Webb obtains majority funding from NASA; American astronaut Colonel Glenn Ross (Roy Thinnes) and British astrophysicist Dr John Kane (Ian Hendry), the head of the Sun Probe project, are assigned to the mission.
Thunderbird 6 (1968)
, 1h29Directed by David Lane
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Spy, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Children's films, Disaster films
Actors Peter Dyneley, Shane Rimmer, Jeremy Wilkin, Sylvia Anderson, Matt Zimmerman, David Graham
Roles Producer
Rating62%
In 2068, the New World Aircraft Corporation (NWAC) provides Brains, the inventor of the Thunderbird machines of the humanitarian International Rescue organisation, with an open brief to design a revolutionary aircraft. Although Brains is ridiculed when he proposes an airship for the 21st century, NWAC accepts his blueprints and builds Skyship One, which will circumnavigate the world on its maiden flight with pre-programmed stopover destinations. Alan, Tin-Tin, Lady Penelope and Parker will represent International Rescue as special guests. Brains, meanwhile, is forced to remain on Tracy Island when Jeff decides that International Rescue requires a Thunderbird 6. Contracted to design this latest addition to the Thunderbirds fleet with no specification, Brains produces a range of concepts, all of which are rejected by Jeff.
Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
, 1h33Directed by David Lane
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Spy, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Spy films, Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films, Mars in film, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Peter Dyneley, Shane Rimmer, Jeremy Wilkin, Sylvia Anderson, Matt Zimmerman, David Graham
Roles Producer
Rating63%
In 2065, the Zero-X spacecraft launches from Glenn Field as the first attempt at a manned mission to Mars. Unknown to Captain Paul Travers and his crew of two astronauts and two scientists, criminal mastermind the Hood has infiltrated the ship to photograph Zero-X's wing mechanism. When his foot becomes trapped in the hydraulics, the Hood causes a systems failure and Zero-X loses control. While the villain manages to extract his bloodied foot and parachute from the undercarriage, Travers and his crew eject in an escape pod and Zero-X crashes into the ocean before leaving Earth's atmosphere.
Crossroads to Crime (1960)
, 57minutesDirected by Gerry Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies, Heist films, Gangster films
Actors Anthony Oliver, Ferdy Mayne, George Murcell, Arthur Rigby, Victor Maddern, Miriam Karlin
Roles Producer
Rating53%
While on foot patrol, Police Constable Don Ross (Anthony Oliver) chances upon a gang of lorry hijackers operating from the back of a transport café. After seeing Diamond (George Murcell) and Johnny (David Graham) drive off in a car with the manageress, Connie Williams (Miriam Karlin), apparently being held hostage in the back seat, Ross jumps onto and clings to the vehicle's side; however, he is quickly thrown into the road, suffering a head injury. Pretending to have come across the disorientated officer purely by chance, Diamond and Johnny drop Ross off at his home. Later, Williams is brought before the hijackers' wealthy ringleader, Miles (Ferdy Mayne), who warns her not to betray the gang to the authorities.