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| - Heralded as a pioneer in the art of television production, Gerry Anderson (born April 14th 1929, died December 26th 2012) was an English writer, director, editor, and producer of memorable film and television programs for over five decades. Anderson is arguably best known for his range of shows produced in the 1960's involving a ground-breaking technique dubbed "Supermarionation", where puppets are modified to mimic human movements and speech patterns. He died on the 26th December, 2012, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. TBBT-GerryAnderson.png|In The Brains Behind Thunderbirds
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- Gerry Anderson (April 14 1929 – December 26 2012) was an English writer, director, editor, and producer of memorable film and television programs for over five decades. He was heralded as a pioneer in the art of television production. Anderson is arguably best known for his range of shows produced during the 1960s involving a ground-breaking technique dubbed "Supermarionation", where puppets are modified to mimic human movements and speech patterns. He died on the 26th December, 2012, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
- Anderson also established AP Films (later rebranded as Century 21 Productions) which produced many of his TV series, several of which he created together with his second wife, Sylvia Anderson. The Second Doctor novel The Indestructable Man features elements that have been heavily borrowed from Anderson's series, including Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, and UFO.
- Several writers for Doctor Who also worked on Anderson's programmes, mainly the bad ones. Dennis Spooner wrote for Thunderbirds, John Lucarotti wrote for Joe 90, and Johnny Byrne, Pip and Jane Baker, and Terrance Dicks wrote for Space: 1999, which is elsewhere described on this wiki as a "a reliably awful programme". Anderson actors in Doctor Who include Shane Rimmer (as Seth Harper in The Gunfighters) and David Graham (fucking everything, from the Daleks to that science bloke in City of Death).
- Gerry was born at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, London 14 April 1929, originally named Gerald Alexander Abrahams, and changed by deed pole in 1939 (possibly using the hospital name), after he and his mother badgered his father, though they had used the name previously; Gerry had been receiving anti-semitic taunts at his new school after moving to Neasden. The family did not grow up particularly close, His brother being seven years older and his parents arguing, but never fighting. In his early years Gerry lacked confidence and was a little edgy too. Teachers at Gerry's school classed him as not particularly bright, possible not even average; he had however, displayed creative abilities, making a detailed cardboard heart and writing a short play to use it in. He continued to make thi
- Gerry Anderson MBE (14 April 1929-26 December 2012), born Gerald Alexander Abrahams in Kilburn, North London, was a British producer, director and writer who became famous for his futuristic television programmes, particularly those involving the super-marionation process of specially modified marionettes. He died on 26 December 2012 of dementia at the age of 83. At his death, he left behind a legacy of futuristic story-telling that would continue to outlive him. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
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| - Heralded as a pioneer in the art of television production, Gerry Anderson (born April 14th 1929, died December 26th 2012) was an English writer, director, editor, and producer of memorable film and television programs for over five decades. Anderson is arguably best known for his range of shows produced in the 1960's involving a ground-breaking technique dubbed "Supermarionation", where puppets are modified to mimic human movements and speech patterns. He died on the 26th December, 2012, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. TBBT-GerryAnderson.png|In The Brains Behind Thunderbirds
- __NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Information-silk.png|Character Template rect 0 0 20 20 Staff Template desc none Gerry Anderson Real Name Unknown First publication Unknown
- Gerry Anderson (April 14 1929 – December 26 2012) was an English writer, director, editor, and producer of memorable film and television programs for over five decades. He was heralded as a pioneer in the art of television production. Anderson is arguably best known for his range of shows produced during the 1960s involving a ground-breaking technique dubbed "Supermarionation", where puppets are modified to mimic human movements and speech patterns. He died on the 26th December, 2012, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
- Several writers for Doctor Who also worked on Anderson's programmes, mainly the bad ones. Dennis Spooner wrote for Thunderbirds, John Lucarotti wrote for Joe 90, and Johnny Byrne, Pip and Jane Baker, and Terrance Dicks wrote for Space: 1999, which is elsewhere described on this wiki as a "a reliably awful programme". Anderson actors in Doctor Who include Shane Rimmer (as Seth Harper in The Gunfighters) and David Graham (fucking everything, from the Daleks to that science bloke in City of Death). At this point, you, gentle reader, are probably asking why the fuck Anderson gets to have his own page on the basis of having some people work for him who also worked on Doctor Who, while much more deserving people like actual Who writers linked on this very page don't get one. However Who has two far more significant links to Anderson's works. Jon Pertwee's sonic screwdriver was allegedly a Thunderbirds prop (used as a spaceship repair device) that was purchased/stolen from Anderson's studio when it closed down in the early seventies. The timing on this one requires more research, as the prop had to be in the BBC's hands for Colony in Space's location filming in February '71. Most important, though, is the Second Doctor PDA The Indestructible Man, which outright steals most of Anderson's sixties output so it can do what TV Tropes calls a "deconstruction" (they do actually call it one, I looked it up), which really means it's edgy as shit and does its best to remove any trace of Anderson's fun camp. Also its new totally-not-copyright-infringing names are shit. The Sharon Family? Fuck off.
- Gerry Anderson MBE (14 April 1929-26 December 2012), born Gerald Alexander Abrahams in Kilburn, North London, was a British producer, director and writer who became famous for his futuristic television programmes, particularly those involving the super-marionation process of specially modified marionettes. Married for years to the former Sylvia Thamm, better known by her married name of Sylvia Anderson, he sired at least one son by her, Jamie Anderson. The acrimony of their divorce in the 1970s led him to refer to her, invariably with undisguised hostility, as "that woman" for the rest of his years. He died on 26 December 2012 of dementia at the age of 83. At his death, he left behind a legacy of futuristic story-telling that would continue to outlive him. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
- Gerry was born at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, London 14 April 1929, originally named Gerald Alexander Abrahams, and changed by deed pole in 1939 (possibly using the hospital name), after he and his mother badgered his father, though they had used the name previously; Gerry had been receiving anti-semitic taunts at his new school after moving to Neasden. The family did not grow up particularly close, His brother being seven years older and his parents arguing, but never fighting. In his early years Gerry lacked confidence and was a little edgy too. Teachers at Gerry's school classed him as not particularly bright, possible not even average; he had however, displayed creative abilities, making a detailed cardboard heart and writing a short play to use it in. He continued to make things at home too, a kennel and an alarmed chicken coup. Gerry's brother, Lionel, volunteered for the RAF during World War II and was posted to the, Arizona, USA for training. Lionel would often write to his family, telling them about the RAF, including the USAF and Thunderbird Field. (the latter would stay with Gerry and serve as inspiration later on.) After 38 missions for 515 Squadron Lionel was reported Missing In Action (MIA), and the family were informed by telegram. Mrs Anderson never really got over his death, and Gerry had lost his brother, hero and a friendship that he had formed by sharing the inspirations of flying during Lionel's training and leave, Gerry too would come to realise that he was not indestructible. Gerry finished school with no academic qualifications, but due to the war and a shortage of pupils there were places available qualified or unqualified, and so Gerry enrolled. Due to a terrible allergy to plaster (a requirement of his architectural studies and one at which he excelled), Gerry could not aspire to become an architect however, another dream was to be involved in the movie industry. Gerry had a distant relative of his father that Gerry had made contact with and arranged an interview. Nothing came of it other than a possibility six months down the line. Gerry was not put off and immediately took a trainee's position for Regent Street gallery before advancing to the Colonial Film Unit (CFU), but not before collecting an abundance of reject slips.
- Anderson also established AP Films (later rebranded as Century 21 Productions) which produced many of his TV series, several of which he created together with his second wife, Sylvia Anderson. The Second Doctor novel The Indestructable Man features elements that have been heavily borrowed from Anderson's series, including Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, and UFO.
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