Terry Gilliam

American born-British filmmaker, comedian, and actor (born 1940)

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Terry Gilliam is an American-born filmmaker, comedian, and actor who has worked primarily in British cinema since the 1940s. He is known for his distinctive visual style and imaginative approach to filmmaking, which has made him an influential and celebrated figure in cinema history.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 22 Nov 1940
Works: 26

Top works

The adventures of Baron Munchausen
Pythons' Autobiography by the Pythons
The fairly incomplete & rather badly illustrated Monty Python songbook
Gilliamesque
Time bandits

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 2,702
Total plays: 7,306

Quotes

“The underground press was convinced that I was a junkie, an acid head. … But I don't do drugs. I don't like being fucked up. I've got enough bizarre chemicals floating around in my head. I'm just naturally like this.”
“Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented it — I do actually like it because it says certain things. It's about expanding how you see the world. I think we live in an age where we're just hammered, hammered to think this is what the world is. Television's saying, everything's saying "That's the world." And it's not the world. The world is a million possible things.”

Article

Terrence Vance Gilliam (/ˈɡɪliəm/ GIL-ee-əm; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, collage animator, and actor. In a career spanning more than five decades, he has received various accolades including the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2009, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award.

Gilliam started his career as an animator and strip cartoonist. He joined Monty Python as the animator of their works, but eventually became a full member and was given acting roles, gaining stardom as a member of the comedy troupe alongside John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Graham Chapman. Together they collaborated on the sketch series Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974) and the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, also co-directed), Life of Brian (1979), and The Meaning of Life (1983). They received the BAFTA Award in 1988 for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.