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Desmond Saunders
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Desmond "Des" Saunders (24 June 1926– 21 April 2018) was a British television director and film editor. He had a long association with producer Gerry Anderson, having served as a…
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Desmond "Des" Saunders (24 June 1926– 21 April 2018) was a British television director and film editor. He had a long association with producer Gerry Anderson, having served as a director for the series Supercar (1961–62), Stingray (1964–65), Thunderbirds (1965–66), Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967–68), Joe 90 (1968–69) and Terrahawks (1983–86). Saunders was also production controller for Joe 90 and co-wrote one of the episodes, "Lone-Handed 90". He briefly worked as a production supervisor for The Secret Service (1969). Elsewhere in television, Saunders had both production and post-production roles for The Protectors (1972–73). His film editing credits are: RX for Murder (1958), A Woman's Temptation (1959), Escort for Hire (1960), Compelled (1960), Tarnished Heroes and So Evil, So Young (both 1961) and Voyage of the Damned (1976). He was sound editor for Floods of Fear (1959). While working on puppet series for Anderson, the A.P. Films team received constant requests to make the puppets more real. Once, Saunders chose all of the male puppets and put little penises on them. When the girls came in during the morning, there was, as Saunders describes, "the most terrible uproar". In response, he said: "Well, you know, you gotta bring them to life somehow, haven't you?". He died on 21 April 2018 at the age of 91.
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2022
Presented in Supercolorisation
TV show Director
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2022
Thunderbirds 55/GOGO
Movie Teleplay
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2020
Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes
TV show Teleplay
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2016
HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition
Movie Director
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2015
Thunderbirds 1965: Introducing Thunderbirds
Movie Producer
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2015
Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman
Movie Producer
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2014
This Is Supermarionation
Movie Director
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2014
Filmed in Supermarionation
Movie Self
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2007
Stand by for Action
TV show Self
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1986
Inside the Labyrinth
Movie Director
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1983
Terrahawks: Expect the Unexpected
Movie Director
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1983
Terrahawks
TV show Director
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1982
Countdown to Disaster
Movie Director
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1981
Invaders from the Deep
Movie Director
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1981
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Movie Director
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1980
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
Movie Director
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1980
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
Movie Director
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1976
Voyage of the Damned
Movie Editor
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1968
Joe 90
TV show Director
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1967
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV show Director
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1966
Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million
Movie Director
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1966
Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker
Movie Director
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1966
Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno
Movie Director
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1966
Thunderbirds: Security Hazard
Movie Director
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1966
Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep
Movie Director
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1966
Thunderbirds: The Imposters
Movie Director
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1965
Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive
Movie Director
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1965
Thunderbirds: The Uninvited
Movie Director
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1965
Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact
Movie Director
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1965
Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope
Movie Director
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1965
Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril
Movie Director
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1965
Thunderbirds
TV show Director
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1964
Stingray
TV show Director
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1961
Tarnished Heroes
Movie Editor
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1961
Supercar
TV show Director
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1961
So Evil, So Young
Movie Editor
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1960
Date at Midnight
Movie Editor
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1960
A Taste of Money
Movie Editor
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1959
A Woman's Temptation
Movie Editor
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1958
Rx Murder
Movie Editor
