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Terry Gilliam
 Biography:
One of original the Monty Python cast and responsible for their strange brand of cut out animation sequences, Terry Gilliam is lately showing impressive diversity from off hand comedy. While still making bizarre films with over the top characters, his more recent projects have been darker and more dramatic. Even an anti-Python activist can enjoy his new projects.
Films:
And Now for Something Completly Different
Monty Python and
the Holy Grail
Jabberwocky
Monty Python’s
Life of Brian
Time Bandits
Monty Python at
the Hollywood Bowl
Monty Python’s
The Meaning of Life
Brazil
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Fisher King
Twelve Monkeys
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Brothers Grimm
Tideland
Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Upcoming Projects:
none
Other Feature Film Credits:
Cry of the Banshee (1970) (title designer)
Lost in La Mancha (2002) (storyboard illustrator)
Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005) (executive producer)
Short Films:
“Storytime” (1968) (director and animator)
“The Miracle of Flight” (1974) (director)
“The Crimson Permanent Assurance” (1983) (writer and director)
“Education Tips No. 41: Choosing a Very Expensive School” (2003) (writer)
Music Video Projects:
none
Television Projects:
“Do Not Adjust Your Set” (series 1967-1969) (writer and animator)
“We Have Ways of Making You Laugh” (series 1968) (cartoonist)
“Marty” (“It’s Marty!”) (series 1968-1969) (writer)
“Broaden Your Mind” (series 1968-1969) (writer)
“Monty Python’s Flying Circus” (series 1969-1974) (co-creator, writer, and animator)
“The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine” (series 1971) (animator)
“Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus” (series 1971-1972) (writer and animator)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989) (writer and animator)
It’s… the Monty Python Story (1999) (writer)
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: Live at Aspen (1998) (graphics designer)
Non Film Projects:
Founding editor of the Occidental College humor magazine “Fang” in the early 1960’s.
Co-wrote the book Animations of Morality (1978) with Lucinda Cowell.
Co-wrote and co-directed the Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (1996) video game for PC and Mac. He also executive produced two other Monty Python video games; Monty Python’s Complete Waste of Time (1994) and Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1997).
Contributed to the book The Pythons: Autobiography (2005).
Co-wrote the non-fiction book Dreams and Nightmares with Bob McCabe (2005).
Production and Other Companies:
Python (Monty) Pictures Limited
Poo-Poo Pictures Ltd
Film Award Ratios (wins/nominations):
Academy Awards – 1/13 (7.7%)
Golden Globes – 3/6 (50.0%)
Sundance Film Festival – 0/0 (0.0%)
Cannes Film Festival – 0/2 (0.0%)
Writers Guild of America – 0/1 (0.0%)
Directors Guild of America – 0/0 (0.0%)
AFI Top One Hundred Films of All Time – 0
Academy Awards:
Brazil (Nominated for best art direction/set decoration and screenplay written directly for the screen)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
(Nominated for best art direction/set decoration, best costume design, best visual effects, and best makeup)
The Fisher King (Won best supporting actress; nominated for art direction/set decoration, original score, screenplay written directly for the screen, and actor.
Twelve Monkeys (Nominated for best costume design and supporting actor)
Golden Globes:
The Fisher King (Won for best supporting actress and best actor in a comedy or musical (Robin Williams); nominated for best actor in a comedy or musical (Jeff Bridges), best director, and best comedy or musical)
Twelve Monkeys (Won for best supporting actor)
Sundance Film Festival:
none
Cannes Film Festival:
The Meaning of Life (Won the Grand Prize of the Jury; nominated for the Golden Palm)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Nominated for the Golden Palm)
Writers Guild of America:
The Fisher King (Nominated for best screenplay written directly for the screen)
Directors Guild of America:
none
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