Gerry Anderson
Creator
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
Creator23
tvThunderbirds Are Go!
2015
Creator
tvFireStorm
2003
Creator
tvLavender Castle
1999
Creator
tvSpace Precinct
1994
Creator
tvG-Force Intergalactic
1993
Creator
tvDick Spanner, P.I.
1987
Creator
tvTerrahawks
1983
Creator
tvSpace: 1999
1975
Creator
tvThe Protectors
1972
Creator
tvUFO
1970
Creator
tvThe Secret Service
1969
Creator
tvJoe 90
1968
Creator
tvThunderbirds
1965
Creator
tvStingray
1964
Creator
tvFireball XL5
1962
Creator
tvSupercar
1961
Creator
tvFour Feather Falls
1960
Creator
Production48
movieThunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
2025
Producer
moviePrisoners in Space
2025
Executive Producer
tvFireStorm
2003
Consulting Producer
tvLavender Castle
1999
Producer
tvSpace Precinct
1994
Producer
tvG-Force Intergalactic
1993
Executive Producer
tvDick Spanner, P.I.
1987
Producer
movieSpace Police
1986
Producer
tvTerrahawks
1983
Producer
movieJourney Through the Black Sun
1982
Executive Producer
movieCountdown to Disaster
1982
Executive Producer
movieThunderbirds in Outer Space
1981
Executive Producer
movieRevenge of the Mysterons from Mars
1981
Executive Producer
movieInvaders from the Deep
1981
Executive Producer
movieAlien Attack
1980
Executive Producer
movieCaptain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
1980
Executive Producer
movieInvasion: UFO
1980
Executive Producer
tvSpace: 1999
1975
Producer
movieSpace: 1999
1975
Executive Producer
movieThe Investigator
1973
Producer
tvThe Protectors
1972
Producer
movieUFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker...
1972
Executive Producer
movieUFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
1971
Executive Producer
tvUFO
1970
Producer, Executive Producer
movieDoppelgänger
1969
Producer
tvCaptain Scarlet and the Mysterons
1967
Executive Producer
tvThunderbirds
1965
Executive Producer
tvStingray
1964
Producer
tvFireball XL5
1962
Producer
movieCrossroads to Crime
1960
Producer
tvFour Feather Falls
1960
Producer
movieTarget: Captain Black!
Executive Producer
movieThe Legend of Captain Scarlet
Executive Producer
Writing34
movieThunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
2025
Writer
movieThunderbirds
2004
Original Story
tvLavender Castle
1999
Writer
movieThunderbirds 2086: Cloudburst & Nightmare
1986
Original Concept
movieSpace Police
1986
Writer
movieThe Complete Thunderbirds
1985
Original Film Writer
tvTerrahawks
1983
Writer
movieCountdown to Disaster
1982
Original Concept
movieMoonraker
1979
Screenplay
tvUFO
1970
Writer
tvThe Secret Service
1969
Writer
movieDoppelgänger
1969
Story, Screenplay
tvJoe 90
1968
Writer
movieThunderbird 6
1968
Writer
tvThunderbirds
1965
Writer
tvStingray
1964
Writer
tvFireball XL5
1962
Writer
tvSupercar
1961
Writer
tvFour Feather Falls
1960
Writer
Directing15
tvLavender Castle
1999
Director
movieInvasion: UFO
1980
Director
movieThe Investigator
1973
Director
movieUFO: Take Them Alive
1972
Director
tvUFO
1970
Director
tvFireball XL5
1962
Director
tvSupercar
1961
Director
movieCrossroads to Crime
1960
Director
tvFour Feather Falls
1960
Director
tvTorchy the Battery Boy
1960
Director
tvThe Adventures of Twizzle
1957
Director
movieYou've Never Seen This!
1955
Director
Crew14
Acting13
tvPresented in Supercolorisation
2022
Robert the Robot (voice) (uncredited) / Robert the Robot / Granatoid 1 (voice) (uncredited)
movieGerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieThis Is Supermarionation
2014
Robert the Robot (voice, uncredited)
movieFilmed in Supermarionation
2014
Self (archive footage)
Those Were the Days
2011
Self - Broadcaster
tvV.I.P.
1998
Relic
tvFireball XL5
1962
Robert the Robot (voice) (uncredited)
Sound5
Abdullah's Harem
1955
Sound Editor
movieDevil Girl from Mars
1954
Sound Editor
movieSouth of Algiers
1953
Sound Editor
movieAppointment in London
1953
ADR & Dubbing