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Gerry Anderson
West Hampstead, London, England, UK
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. H…
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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.
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2026
Target: Captain Black!
Movie Creator
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2026
Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph
Movie Producer
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2026
Spectrum is 20: The Death and Life of New Captain Scarlet
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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2026
The Legend of Captain Scarlet
Movie Executive Producer
- 2025
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2025
Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit
Movie Self
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2025
Prisoners in Space
Movie Creator
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2025
Space Precinct: The Fire Within
Movie Producer
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2025
Space Precinct: Deathwatch
Movie Producer
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2022
Presented in Supercolorisation
TV show Robert the Robot (voice) (uncredited)
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2022
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Thunderbirds 55/GOGO
Movie Creator
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2021
Fireball XL5: Robots in Distress
Movie Original Series Creator
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2020
Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes
TV show Creator
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2018
Gerry Anderson's Firestorm
Movie Idea
- 2017
More credits
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2016
HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition
Movie Writer
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2015
Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman
Movie Creator
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2015
Thunderbirds 1965: Introducing Thunderbirds
Movie Creator
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2015
Thunderbirds 1965: The Stately Homes Robberies
Movie Creator
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2015
Thunderbirds Are Go!
TV show Creator
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2014
This Is Supermarionation
Movie Robert the Robot (voice, uncredited)
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2014
Filmed in Supermarionation
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Missing Episode
Movie Producer
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2013
Space Precinct Legacy
Movie In Memory Of
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2011
Those Were the Days
TV show Self - Broadcaster
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2008
Stingray: The Reunion Party
Movie Producer
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2008
All About 'Thunderbirds'
Movie
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2007
Stand by for Action
TV show Self
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2005
Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet
TV show Producer
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2004
Thunderbirds
Movie Original Story
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2003
FireStorm
TV show Consulting Producer
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1999
Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons
Movie Director
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1999
Lavender Castle
TV show Writer
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1998
V.I.P.
TV show Relic
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1994
Space Precinct
TV show Producer
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1993
30 Years in the TARDIS
Movie Himself
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1993
G-Force Intergalactic
TV show Executive Producer
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1992
Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show
TV show Self
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1987
Dick Spanner, P.I.
TV show Producer
