Gerry Anderson

From WikipediaΒ  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 Andersons first television production was the 1957 Roberta Leigh childrens series The Adventures of Twizzle Supercar 196162 and Fireball XL5 1962 followed later both series breaking into the US television market in the early 1960s In the mid1960s 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 Grades 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 reruns in Britain and Australia led to new Anderson productions being commissioned Later projects include a 2005 CGI remake of Captain Scarlet entitled Gerry Andersons New Captain Scarlet

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D.O.B: 1929-04-14
D.O.D: 2012-12-26
Place of Birth: West Hampstead, London, England, UK
Profession: director

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