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Alan Pattillo
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Alan Huchison Pattillo (17 July 1929 – 16 January 2020) was a British writer and director who worked on Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, and Thunderbirds television series. He wo…
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Alan Huchison Pattillo (17 July 1929 – 16 January 2020) was a British writer and director who worked on Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, and Thunderbirds television series. He won an Emmy in 1979 alongside Bill Blunden for his film editing on All Quiet on the Western Front. During the 1960s, Pattillo worked on several Gerry Anderson projects. He directed episodes of Four Feather Falls, Supercar and Fireball XL5. His work on the latter is regarded as having brought added sophistication to the direction of the series. Pattillo then worked again for Anderson on Stingray as director, before performing a number of roles on the next series from AP Films. For Thunderbirds Pattillo served as script editor, director, and writer. He directed four and wrote seven of the thirty-two episodes (including Attack of the Alligators!). Aside from his work on Gerry Anderson projects, Pattillo had a varied career in the film industry. He provided the story for a 1967 Diana Rigg era The Avengers episode The Bird Who Knew Too Much, which The Times television review noted as being "quite striking". Pattillo worked as the sound editor on Nicolas Roeg's Performance (1970) and again worked with the director as film editor on Walkabout (1971). He was the sound effects editor on Alan Parker's Pink Floyd: The Wall (1979). His work on All Quiet on the Western Front (also 1979), saw him awarded an Emmy for film editing, an award he shared with Bill Blunden. He later worked as associate editor on the film Gandhi (1982) directed by Richard Attenborough.
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2022
Presented in Supercolorisation
TV show Director
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2016
HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition
Movie Director
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2008
Stingray: The Reunion Party
Movie Director
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2007
Stand by for Action
TV show Self
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1993
Cyborg Cop
Movie Editor
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1990
A Little Piece of Sunshine
Movie Editor
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1990
Death Has a Bad Reputation
Movie Editor
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1989
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
TV show Assistant Editor
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1986
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
Movie Editor
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1985
Deceptions
Movie Editor
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1985
The Corsican Brothers
Movie Editor
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1984
Camille
Movie Editor
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1984
Master of the Game
TV show Editor
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1983
Terrahawks
TV show Director
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1982
Gandhi
Movie Associate Editor
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1982
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Movie Sound Effects Editor
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1982
Britannia Hospital
Movie Sound Effects Editor
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1980
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
Movie Director
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1980
The Incredible Voyage of Stingray
Movie Director
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1979
All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie Editor
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1979
The Music Machine
Movie Editor
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1978
The Odd Job
Movie Sound Editor
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1978
Game of Death
Movie Editor
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1978
The Boys in Company C
Movie Editor
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1975
Paper Tiger
Movie Editor
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1975
Space: 1999
TV show Editor
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1974
Open Season
Movie Editor
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1973
The Man Called Noon
Movie Editor
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1972
Innocent Bystanders
Movie Editor
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1972
Straight On Till Morning
Movie Editor
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1972
Nobody Ordered Love
Movie Editor
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1972
The Fiend
Movie Editor
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1971
Walkabout
Movie Editor
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1970
UFO
TV show Writer
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1970
Performance.
Movie Sound Editor
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1968
The Birthday Party
Movie Sound Editor
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1967
How I Won the War
Movie Sound Editor
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1967
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV show Writer
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1966
Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million
Movie Writer
