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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Terry Gilliam
| name = Terry Gilliam
| image = Terry Gilliam.jpg
| image = Terry Gilliam (32703418337) CROPPED.jpg
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| caption = Gilliam at the 36th Deauville American Films Festival.
| caption = Gilliam in 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1940|11|22}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1940|11|22}}
| birth_place = [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], United States
| birth_place = [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], U.S.
| birth_name = Terrence Vance Gilliam
| birth_name = Terrence Vance Gilliam
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| years_active = 1967–present
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|producer|screenwriter|animator|actor|comedian}}
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| spouse = Maggie Weston (1973–present)
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| years_active = 1968–present
| occupation = Actor, animator, director, producer, screenwriter
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| spouse = {{marriage|Maggie Weston|1973}}
|website = [http://terrygilliamweb.com terrygilliamweb.com]<br><small>(Official Site)</small>
| citizenship = British (1968–present)<br>American (1940–2006)
| children = 3
| alma mater = [[Occidental College]] <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]], 1962)</small>
| website = {{URL|terrygilliamweb.com}}
| module = {{Listen| embed=yes |filename = Terry gilliam bbc radio4 desert island discs 04 10 2011.flac |title = Terry Gilliam's voice |type = speech |description = Gilliam speaking about the animations he made for Monty Python on BBC Radio 4’s ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', 15 April 2011<ref name="BBC-b0105rhd">{{Cite episode |title= Terry Gilliam |series= Desert Island Discs |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0105rhd |access-date= 18 January 2014 |station= BBC Radio 4 |date= 15 April 2011 }}</ref> }}
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[[Image:Terry Gilliam KVIFF.jpg|thumb|Terry Gilliam at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2006]]
[[Image:Terry Gilliam KVIFF.jpg|thumb|Gilliam at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2006]]
'''Terry Gilliam''' (born November 22, 1940)<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000416/ imdb.com]</ref> is an [[Americans|American]]-[[British people|British]] [[cartoonist]] and filmmaker. He was born in [[Minnesota]] and grew up in [[California]], but he now lives in [[England]] and is a British citizen.
'''Terrence Vance Gilliam''' (born November 22, 1940)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000416/ imdb.com]</ref> is an [[Americans|American]]-[[British people|British]] [[cartoonist]] and filmmaker. He was born in [[Minnesota]] and grew up in [[California]], but he now lives in [[England]] and is a British citizen.


He was a member of the British comedy team [[Monty Python]]. He designed animated sequences and acted in both their TV show and movies. He also directed the movies ''[[Jabberwocky]]'' ([[1976]]), ''[[Time Bandits]]'' ([[1981]]), ''[[Brazil (film)|Brazil]]'' ([[1985]]), ''[[Baron Münchhausen]]'' ([[1989]]), ''[[Fisher King]]'' ([[1991]]), ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' ([[1996]]), ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' ([[1998]]), and ''[[The Brothers Grimm]]'' ([[2005]]).
He was a member of the British comedy team [[Monty Python]]. He designed animated sequences and acted in both their television show and movies. He also directed the movies ''[[Jabberwocky]]'' (1976), ''[[Time Bandits]]'' (1981), ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' (1985), ''[[Baron Münchhausen]]'' (1989), ''[[Fisher King]]'' (1991), ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' (1996), ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' (1998), and ''[[The Brothers Grimm]]'' (2005).


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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*''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]'' (1977)
*''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]'' (1977)
*''[[Time Bandits]]'' (1981)
*''[[Time Bandits]]'' (1981)
*''[[Brazil (film)|Brazil]]'' (1985)
*''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' (1985)
*''[[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]'' (1988)
*''[[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]'' (1988)
*''[[The Fisher King]]'' (1991)
*''[[The Fisher King]]'' (1991)
*''[[12 Monkeys]]'' (1995)
*''[[12 Monkeys]]'' (1995)
*''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' (1998)
*''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' (1998)
*''[[The Brothers Grimm (film)|The Brothers Grimm]]'' (2005)
*''[[The Brothers Grimm (movie)|The Brothers Grimm]]'' (2005)
*''[[Tideland (film)|Tideland]]'' (2005)
*''[[Tideland (movie)|Tideland]]'' (2005)
*''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]'' (2009)
*''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]'' (2009)


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==Awards, nominations and honours==
==Awards, nominations and honours==
*''Brazil'' (1985)
*''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' (1985)
**[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] '''Best Film, Director, and Screenplay'''
**[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] '''Best Film, Director, and Screenplay'''
**1 [[Academy Awards]] nominations '''Best Original Screenplay'''
**1 [[Academy Awards]] nominations '''Best Original Screenplay'''
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**[[46th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin Film Festival]] '''Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"&nbsp;– 3rd Place'''
**[[46th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin Film Festival]] '''Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"&nbsp;– 3rd Place'''
*''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' (1998)
*''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' (1998)
**[[1998 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] Official Selection<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4898/year/1998.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |accessdate=29 September 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
**[[1998 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] Official Selection<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4898/year/1998.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |accessdate=29 September 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-date=28 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728124903/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4898/year/1998.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*''The Brothers Grimm'' (2005)
*''The Brothers Grimm'' (2005)
**Venice Film Festival Official Selection
**Venice Film Festival Official Selection
*''Tideland'' (2005)
*''Tideland'' (2005)
**[[San Sebastian International Film Festival|San Sebastian Festival]] '''Winner of the [[FIPRESCI]] Prize'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/awards/awards_2005.htm |title=2005 FIPRESCI |publisher=Fipresci.org |date= |accessdate=2011-06-01}}</ref>
**[[San Sebastian International Film Festival|San Sebastian Festival]] '''Winner of the [[FIPRESCI]] Prize'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/awards/awards_2005.htm |title=2005 FIPRESCI |publisher=Fipresci.org |accessdate=2011-06-01 |archive-date=2011-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605190418/http://www.fipresci.org/awards/awards/awards_2005.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' (2009)
*''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' (2009)
**2 [[Academy Awards]] nominations '''Best Costume Design''', '''Best Art Direction'''
**2 [[Academy Awards]] nominations '''Best Costume Design''', '''Best Art Direction'''
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**Voted '''Best Fantasy Film of the Year''' by readers of the Total Sci-Fi Online magazine.
**Voted '''Best Fantasy Film of the Year''' by readers of the Total Sci-Fi Online magazine.
* An asteroid, [[9619 Terrygilliam]], is named in his honor.
* An asteroid, [[9619 Terrygilliam]], is named in his honor.
* Gilliam was given the [[BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award]] in 2009 for his contribution to motion picture arts.<ref>{{cite web| title=Film Winners in 2009 | work=bafta.org | publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] | url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-nominations-in-2009,657,BA.html | accessdate=8 February 2009 }}</ref>
* Gilliam was given the [[BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award]] in 2009 for his contribution to motion picture arts.<ref>{{cite web | title=Film Winners in 2009 | work=bafta.org | publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] | url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-nominations-in-2009,657,BA.html | accessdate=8 February 2009 | archive-date=11 February 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211183707/http://bafta.org/awards/film/film-nominations-in-2009,657,BA.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Awarded the Fellowship of the Kermodes, by film critic [[Mark Kermode]].<ref>{{cite web| title=BBC&nbsp;– The Culture Show: The Kermodes 2009: For the Record | publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thecultureshow/2009/02/the-kermodes-2009-for-the-reco.html | accessdate=23 February 2009 }}</ref>
* Awarded the Fellowship of the Kermodes, by film critic [[Mark Kermode]].<ref>{{cite web| title=BBC&nbsp;– The Culture Show: The Kermodes 2009: For the Record | publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thecultureshow/2009/02/the-kermodes-2009-for-the-reco.html | accessdate=23 February 2009 }}</ref>
* ''Director with Unique Visual Sensitivity Award'' at the [[Camerimage]] film festival in [[Łódź]], Poland in 2009.<ref>[http://imaginariumofdrparnassus.com/blog/2009/11/28/terry-gilliam-presents-dr-p-and-receives-honor-at-plus-camerimage-fest-in-lodzpoland-1129/ ''Terry Gilliam Presents Dr. P and Receives Honor At Plus Camerimage Fest In Lodz Poland 11/29''], The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Support site, Saturday, 28 November 2009</ref>
* ''Director with Unique Visual Sensitivity Award'' at the [[Camerimage]] film festival in [[Łódź]], Poland in 2009.<ref>[http://imaginariumofdrparnassus.com/blog/2009/11/28/terry-gilliam-presents-dr-p-and-receives-honor-at-plus-camerimage-fest-in-lodzpoland-1129/ ''Terry Gilliam Presents Dr. P and Receives Honor At Plus Camerimage Fest In Lodz Poland 11/29''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310180253/http://imaginariumofdrparnassus.com/blog/2009/11/28/terry-gilliam-presents-dr-p-and-receives-honor-at-plus-camerimage-fest-in-lodzpoland-1129/ |date=2010-03-10 }}, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Support site, Saturday, 28 November 2009</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actors from Minnesota]]
[[Category:American cartoonists]]
[[Category:American cartoonists]]
[[Category:American movie directors]]
[[Category:American movie directors]]
[[Category:British cartoonists]]
[[Category:British movie directors]]
[[Category:British movie directors]]
[[Category:Monty Python]]
[[Category:Monty Python]]
[[Category:People from Minnesota]]
[[Category:Writers from Minnesota]]

Latest revision as of 18:46, 14 December 2023

Terry Gilliam
Gilliam in 2019
Born
Terrence Vance Gilliam

(1940-11-22) 22 November 1940 (age 83)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
CitizenshipBritish (1968–present)
American (1940–2006)
Alma materOccidental College (B.A., 1962)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
  • animator
  • actor
  • comedian
Years active1968–present
Spouse
Maggie Weston
​
(m. 1973)​
Children3
Terry Gilliam's voice
Gilliam speaking about the animations he made for Monty Python on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, 15 April 2011[1]
Websiteterrygilliamweb.com
Gilliam at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2006

Terrence Vance Gilliam (born November 22, 1940)[2] is an American-British cartoonist and filmmaker. He was born in Minnesota and grew up in California, but he now lives in England and is a British citizen.

He was a member of the British comedy team Monty Python. He designed animated sequences and acted in both their television show and movies. He also directed the movies Jabberwocky (1976), Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), Baron Münchhausen (1989), Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1996), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), and The Brothers Grimm (2005).

Filmography

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Upcoming movies:

Shorts

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Awards, nominations and honours

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References

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  1. ↑ "Terry Gilliam". Desert Island Discs. 15 April 2011. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ↑ imdb.com
  3. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "2005 FIPRESCI". Fipresci.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
  5. ↑ "Film Winners in 2009". bafta.org. BAFTA. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "BBC – The Culture Show: The Kermodes 2009: For the Record". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  7. ↑ Terry Gilliam Presents Dr. P and Receives Honor At Plus Camerimage Fest In Lodz Poland 11/29 Archived 2010-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Support site, Saturday, 28 November 2009
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