Gerry Anderson

Known For

Creator

Born

Apr 14, 1929

Died

Dec 26, 2012

Place of Birth

West Hampstead, London, England, UK

Credits

122 titles

Gerry Anderson

Biography

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.

Known For

Filmography

2026

Target: Captain Black!

Creator

Movie
2026

Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph

Producer

Movie
2026

Spectrum is 20: The Death and Life of New Captain Scarlet

Himself (archive footage)

Movie
2026

The Legend of Captain Scarlet

Executive Producer

Movie
2025

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

Writer

Movie
2025

Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit

Self

Movie
2025

Prisoners in Space

Creator

Movie
2025

Space Precinct: The Fire Within

Producer

Movie
2025

Space Precinct: Deathwatch

Producer

Movie
2025

Century 21 Revisited

Himself (archive footage)

Movie
2022

Presented in Supercolorisation

Robert the Robot (voice) (uncredited)

Tv
2022

Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted

Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022

Thunderbirds 55/GOGO

Creator

Movie
2021

Fireball XL5: Robots in Distress

Original Series Creator

Movie
2020

Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes

Creator

Tv
2018

Gerry Anderson's Firestorm

Idea

Movie
2017

Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame

Music

Movie
2016

HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition

Writer

Movie
2015

Thunderbirds 1965: The Stately Homes Robberies

Creator

Movie
2015

Thunderbirds 1965: Introducing Thunderbirds

Creator

Movie
2015

Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman

Creator

Movie
2015

Thunderbirds Are Go!

Creator

Tv
2014

This Is Supermarionation

Robert the Robot (voice, uncredited)

Movie
2014

Filmed in Supermarionation

Self (archive footage)

Movie
2014

Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Missing Episode

Producer

Movie
2013

Space Precinct Legacy

In Memory Of

Movie
2011

Those Were the Days

Self - Broadcaster

Tv
2008

Stingray: The Reunion Party

Producer

Movie
2008

All About 'Thunderbirds'

Movie
2007

Stand by for Action

Self

Tv
2005

Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet

Producer

Tv
2004

Thunderbirds

Original Story

Movie
2003

FireStorm

Consulting Producer

Tv
1999

Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons

Director

Movie
1999

Lavender Castle

Writer

Tv
1998

V.I.P.

Relic

Tv
1994

Space Precinct

Producer

Tv
1993

30 Years in the TARDIS

Himself

Movie
1993

G-Force Intergalactic

Executive Producer

Tv
1992

Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show

Self

Tv
1987

Dick Spanner, P.I.

Producer

Tv
1986

Thunderbirds 2086: Cloudburst & Nightmare

Original Concept

Movie
1986

Space Police

Producer

Movie
1985

The Complete Thunderbirds

Original Film Writer

Movie
1983

Terrahawks: Expect the Unexpected

Producer

Movie
1983

Terrahawks

Writer

Tv
1982

Journey Through the Black Sun

Executive Producer

Movie
1982

Countdown to Disaster

Original Concept

Movie
1981

Thunderbirds in Outer Space

Executive Producer

Movie
1981

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars

Writer

Movie