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Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Subsequent to his early work with the Pythons, Gilliam became known for directing fantasy and sci-fi films

Aliases
  • Terrence Vance Gilliam
English français
Filmography

Life of Brian

1979
as Crucifee

Jupiter Ascending

2015
as Seal and Signet Minister

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975
as Patsy / Green Knight / Old Man from Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorrilla Hand

Monty Python's Flying Circus

1969
as Terry Gilliam

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

1983
as Diverse Rollen

Absolutely Anything

2015
as Nasty Alien (voice)

Karel Zeman: Adventurer in Film

2015
as Himself

Euroshow '71: May Day Special

1971
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)

Münchhausen - Die Geschichte einer Lüge

2013
as Terry Gilliam

He Dreams of Giants

2020
as Terry Gilliam

Hunter Goes to Hollywood

2003
as Terry Gilliam

The Meaning of Monty Python

2013
as Terry Gilliam

Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife

1994

The Last Machine

1995

Getting Gilliam

2005
as Himself

What Is Brazil?

1985
as Himself

Life of Python

1990
as Self / Various Roles

Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998
as Terry Gilliam

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

2015
as Himself

And Now for Something Completely Different

1971
as Self-Defence Nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / Caterpillar Man / Sign Holder / Conrad Poohs

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2011
as himself

Spies Like Us

1985
as Dr. Imhaus

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

2014
as Himself, others

Monty Python Conquers America

2008
as Himself

Monty Python and the Holy Grail in Lego

2001

Fellini degli spiriti

2020
as Terry Gilliam

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

2008
as Self - Director & Writer

Monty Python: Parrot Sketch Not Included

1989
as Himself

Dante Ferretti: Scenografo italiano

2010
as Terry Gilliam

The Battle of Brazil: A Video History

1996
as Terry Gilliam

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

2015
as Terry Gilliam

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

2008
as Himself

Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

2010
as Himself

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

2014
as Himself

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

2012
as Himself

9 mois ferme

2013
as Charles Meatson "famous man-eater"

The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'

2003
as Terry Gilliam

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar

2014

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

1976
as Himself

Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel

2017

An Accidental Studio

2019
as Self - Monty Python

We Have Ways of Making You Laugh

1968

Lost in La Mancha

2002
as Himself - Writer & Director

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

2012
as Various (voice)

Breakfast with Hunter

2003
as Himself

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys

1997
as Himself

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

1994
as Terry Gilliam

Forever Ealing

2002
as Self - Interviewee

Under the Radar: The Mike Edmonds Story

2016
as Terry Gilliam

Love Bite: Laurie Lipton and Her Disturbing Black & White Drawings

2016
as Terry Gilliam

The Cricklewood Greats

2012
as Himself

Monty Python: Spam to Sperm

1999

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

2018
as Giant #2 (Voice)

Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox

2017

For No Good Reason

2012
as Himself

The Secret Life of Brian

2007
as Himself

Monty Python: (Almost) The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

2009
as (self)

Botticelli's Venus: The Making of an Icon

2016
as Terry Gilliam

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

1982
as Various Roles

Before the Flying Circus

2000
as Himself

Monty Python's Personal Best

2006

The Monster of Nix

2011
as The Ranger

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Terry Gilliam's Personal Best

2006
as Terry Gilliam

Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels

2016
as Self - Director & Animator

Anatomy of a Liar

2012
as Himself

Love Express. Zaginiecie Waleriana Borowczyka

2018
as Terry Gilliam

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

2010
as Not an Individual / Mexican / Mountie

The Life of Python

1999

Director

Movie 12 Monkeys 1995
Movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975
Movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998
Movie The Brothers Grimm 2005
Movie Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983
Movie Brazil 1985
Movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 2009
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Meaning of Life 		1983
Movie The Fisher King 1991
Movie Time Bandits 1981
Movie Tideland 2005
Movie The Zero Theorem 2013
Movie The Legend of Hallowdega 2010
Movie The Crimson Permanent Assurance 1983
Movie The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Jabberwocky 		1977
Movie The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 2018
Movie Miracle of Flight 1975
Movie Le court des grands 2005
Movie Mr. Vertigo
Movie The Wholly Family 2011
Movie Jabberwocky 1977
Movie Storytime 1968

Writer

Movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975
Movie Life of Brian 1979
Movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998
Movie The Brothers Grimm 2005
Movie Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983
Movie Brazil 1985
Movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 2009
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The All-England Summarise Proust Competition 		1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Fliegender Zirkus - 1 		1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The War Against Pornography 		1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Ant, an Introduction 		1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Live from the Grill-o-Mat 		1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body 		1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
A Book at Bedtime 		1973
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
It's the Arts 		1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Royal Episode 13 		1970
Movie And Now for Something Completely Different 1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Parrot Sketch Not Included 		1989
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards) 		1973
Movie Monty Python Live (Mostly) 2014
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Sex and Violence 		1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Spanish Inquisition 		1970
Movie Monty Python: Parrot Sketch Not Included 1989
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Naked Ant 		1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Python Night 		1999
Movie Time Bandits 1981
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Live at the Hollywood Bowl 		1982
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Salad Days 		1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Whicker's World 		1972
Movie Tideland 2005
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
It's a Living 		1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Golden Age of Ballooning 		1974
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Oh, You're No Fun Anymore 		1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Cycling Tour 		1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular 		1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Untitled 		1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away 		1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Michael Ellis 		1974
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Intermission 		1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Scott of the Antarctic 		1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Déjà Vu 		1970
Movie The Crimson Permanent Assurance 1983
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Nude Organist 		1972
Movie The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Full Frontal Nudity 		1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Light Entertainment War 		1974
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Attila the Hun Show 		1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Owl-Stretching Time 		1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Money Programme 		1972
Movie The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 2018
Movie Miracle of Flight 1975
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Hamlet 		1974
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror 		1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
How Not to Be Seen 		1970
Movie Mr. Vertigo
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Buzz Aldrin Show 		1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Mr. Neutron 		1974
Movie The Wholly Family 2011
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease 		1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Archaeology Today 		1970
Movie Jabberwocky 1977
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom 		1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
'Face the Press' 		1970
Movie Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl 1982
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Party Political Broadcast 		1974
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Spam 		1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Dennis Moore 		1973
Episode Die kultigsten Filme aller Zeiten
Monty Python’s Der Sinn des Lebens 		2023

Producer

Movie Time Bandits 1981
Movie 1884: Yesterday's Future
Movie Miracle of Flight 1975
Movie The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes 2005

Crew

Movie The White Circus

Guest Star

Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Liam Neeson, Terry Gilliam, Tim McGraw 		2014
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Drew Barrymore, Lily Collins, Terry Gilliam, Best Coast 		2019
Episode Monty Python: (Almost) The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
The Not-So-Interesting Beginnings 		2009
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 		1975
Episode The Colbert Report
Terry Gilliam 		2014
Episode Late Night With David Letterman
Show #0003 		1982
Episode The Kumars
James Corden, Terry Gilliam, Twiggy and Ash King 		2014
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Terry Gilliam 		1991
Episode Hollywood's Best Film Directors
Terry Gilliam 		1970
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards 		1992
Episode Film
New Year's Eve, Dreams Of A Life. Another Earth, Puss In Boots 		2011
Episode In Confidence
Terry Gilliam 		2012
Episode BBC Four Goes Conceptual
Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels 		2016
Episode BBC Documentaries
Monty Python: Almost The Truth - The BBC Lawyer's Cut 		2009
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python: The Meaning Of Live 		2014
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Chris Evans, Monty Python, LunchMoney Lewis 		2015
Episode Comedy Connections
Monty Python's Flying Circus 		2005
Episode UR Documentary
Unknown 		2014
Episode Charlie Rose
Mike Morrell/Terry Gilliam 		2014
Episode Durch die Nacht mit...
Terry Gilliam und John Landis – Göttliche Geschichtenerzähler 		2012
Episode Arena (1975)
The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour: Part 1 - Magical Mystery Tour Revisited 		2012
Episode BBC Documentaries
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan 		2014
Episode Tavis Smiley
Terry Gilliam 		2015
Episode Arena (1975)
The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour: Part 2 - The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour 		2012
Episode Fame In The Frame
Terry Gilliam 		1970