| THE AMAZING TERRY GILLIAM! His art, direction and the Python years.
Terry Gilliam. Best known as the animator of Monty Python, got himself a hankerin' for directing in the early 1970's that led to co-direction of "Monty Python and The Holy Grail" with fellow direction visionary Terry Jones.
Born in Minneapolis Minnesota, he is the eldest of 3 children. Fascinated with the birth and rise of Disneyland Terry was intrigued by the art of such movies as "Snow White" only influencing his already natural talent for drawing. A fan of Harvey Kurtzman and the other artists of MAD Magazine, which began in the 1950's, rounded out in a way his ideals of how he wanted to draw comics. Student Body President and head cheerleader in High School, set designer, Political Science Major and member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon in College in California. It was in College he got the hankerin' to make films but just didn't know how one would get there.
As it is, after an honorable discharge from the US Army Terry met John Cleese in New York and via connections ended up on the "Do Not Adjust Your Set" series with other not-yet Pythons Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Jones. Further into MP's Flying Circus, Terry began directing and writing films on the side.
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975
- Jabberwocky 1977
- Time Bandits 1981 (co-writer Michael Palin)
- The Crimson Permanent Assurance (film short to MP's Meaning of Life) 1983
- Brazil 1985
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988
- The Fisher King 1991
- 12 Monkeys 1995
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998
- The Brothers Grimm 2005
- Tideland 2005
- The Imaginarium of Dr. Pamassus (speculated for 2009)
Terry in Python
Some examples of his art work:
Anyway, I like discussing Terry's movies and great imagination and the wonderful perversion that makes it all work. __________________ "You can't expect to weild supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at ya" -Michael Palin's peasant of the collective.
Last edited by Lady April : 05-06-2008 at 07:11 PM.
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