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Gerry Anderson
Producer, Writer, Director, Actor, Composer, Additional Credits
Born April 14, 1929Died December 26, 2012 (83 years)
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.
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.
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Gerry Anderson Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Prisoners in Space · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Presented in Supercolorisation (TV Series) |
| 2008 | |
| 2005 | Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Lavender Castle (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Space Precinct (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Dick Spanner, P.I. (TV Series) |
| 1986 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | Terrahawks (TV Series) |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Journey Through the Black Sun · as Executive Producer |
| 1982 | Countdown to Disaster · as Executive Producer |
| 1981 | Thunderbirds in Outer Space · as Executive Producer |
| 1981 | Invaders from the Deep · as Executive Producer |
| 1981 | Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars · as Executive Producer |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | Invasion: UFO · as Executive Producer |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons · as Executive Producer |
| 1979 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1976 | Alien Attack · as Executive Producer |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | NBC Special Treat (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 (TV Series) |
| 1974 | UFO: Annihilate S.H.A.D.O. Kill Straker... Stop · as Executive Producer |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | UFO: Red Alarm... Attack on the Earth! · as Executive Producer |
| 1972 | The Protectors (TV Series) |
| 1970 | UFO (TV Series) |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1966 | Thunderbirds Are GO · as Executive Producer |
| 1965 | Thunderbirds (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1964 | |
| 1962 | Fireball XL5 (TV Series) |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Four Feather Falls (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Torchy the Battery Boy (TV Series) · as Co-Producer |
| 1957 | The Adventures Of Twizzle (TV Series) · as Co-Producer |
| 2025 | |
| 2022 | Presented in Supercolorisation (TV Series) |
| 2016 | |
| 1999 | Lavender Castle (TV Series) |
| 1986 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | Terrahawks (TV Series) |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | Moonraker · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | UFO (TV Series) |
| 1969 | The Secret Service (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Journey to the Far Side of the Sun · as Screenplay |
| 1968 | Joe 90 (TV Series) |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (TV Series) |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | Thunderbirds (TV Series) |
| 1964 | |
| 1962 | Fireball XL5 (TV Series) |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | Four Feather Falls (TV Series) |
| 2016 | |
| 1999 | Lavender Castle (TV Series) |
| 1980 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1970 | UFO (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Fireball XL5 (TV Series) |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Four Feather Falls (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Torchy the Battery Boy (TV Series) |
| 1957 | The Adventures Of Twizzle (TV Series) |
| 2022 | Presented in Supercolorisation (TV Series) · as Robert The Robot (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2014 | This Is Supermarionation · as Robert The Robot (voice, Uncredited) |
| 1998 | V.I.P. (TV Series) · as Relic |
| 1962 | Fireball XL5 (TV Series) · as Robert The Robot (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2025 | Thunderbirds: Fab at 60 · as Self |
| 2025 | Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit · as Self |
| 2023 | Captain Scarlet: Spectrum Declassified · as Self |
| 2022 | Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | Filmed in Supermarionation · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Stripped for Action: The Daleks · as Self |
| 2001 | The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows · as Self |
| 1993 | Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS · as Himself |
| 1971 | The Generation Game (TV Series) · as Self - Surprise Guest Judge |
| 1987 | Dick Spanner, P.I. (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2018 | Firestorm · as Idea |
| 2018 | Captain Scarlet Deconstructed · as Creator |
| 2015 | Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes (TV Series) · as Creator: Thunderbirds |
| 2015 | Thunderbirds Are Go! (TV Series) · as Creator: Original Series |
| 2015 | The Lost Worlds of Gerry Anderson · as Devised By Segment: "the Investigator" |
| 2005 | Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 2004 | Thunderbirds · as Original Story |
| 1994 | Space Precinct (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 1987 | Dick Spanner, P.I. (TV Series) · as Creative Supervision |
| 1986 | Thunderbirds 2086: Cloudburst & Nightmare · as Original Concept |
| 1982 | Cosmic Princess · as Creator |
| 1982 | Journey Through the Black Sun · as Creator |
| 1982 | Countdown to Disaster · as Original Concept |
| 1981 | Invaders from the Deep · as Format By |
| 1980 | Invasion: UFO · as Creator |
| 1978 | Destination Moonbase-Alpha · as Creator |
| 1976 | Alien Attack · as Creator |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 1974 | UFO: Annihilate S.H.A.D.O. Kill Straker... Stop · as Characters |
| 1973 | The Investigator · as Devised By |
| 1973 | UFO: Red Alarm... Attack on the Earth! · as Creator |
| 1955 | Abdullah's Harem · as Sound Editor |
| 1954 | Devil Girl from Mars · as Sound Editor |
| 1953 | The Golden Mask · as Sound Editor |
| 1953 | Raiders in the Sky · as Adr & Dubbing |