Gerry Anderson, MBE was an English television and film producer, director, and writer. He was known for his futuristic television programmes, especially his 1960s productions filmed in "Supermarionation". Anderson's first television production was the 1957 Roberta Leigh children's series The Adventures of Twizzle. Supercar and Fireball XL5 followed later, both series breaking into the large U. S. television market in the early 1960s. In the mid-1960s Anderson produced his most famous and successful series, Thunderbirds. Other television productions of the 1960s include Stingray and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. His production company, originally known as AP Films and later renamed Century 21 Productions, was originally formed with partners Arthur Provis, Reg Hill and John Read. Anderson also wrote and produced several feature films, although these did not perform as well as expected at the box office. Following a successful shift towards live action productions in the 1970s, his long and highly successful association with Lew Grade's ITC ended with 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 led to new Anderson productions being commissioned. Later projects include a 2005 CGI remake of Captain Scarlet entitled Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet. Wikipedia [ - ]

Gerry Anderson, MBE was an English television and film producer, director, and writer. He was... [ + ]