Among the names in the crawl at the end sits Terry Gilliam, an American director working on the making of films rather than the performing of them. Among the rest of the credits, 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' stands out. The industry looked different when this career started. The record leans toward comedy. Projects, not roles, are the unit this career is measured in. The best-known title on the record is 'Twelve Monkeys'. He earned a the Academy Award nomination for 'Brazil'.
Terry Gilliam
Director · Actor
85 years (Nov 22, 1940)Minneapolis, USAMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Among the names in the crawl at the end sits Terry Gilliam, an American director working on the making of films rather than the performing of them. Among the rest of the credits, 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' stands out. The industry looked different when this career started. The record leans toward comedy. Projects, not roles, are the unit this career is measured in. The best-known title on the record is 'Twelve Monkeys'. He earned a the Academy Award nomination for 'Brazil'.
1940-11-22 · Minneapolis, USAMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam (born November 22, 1940) 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, including "Time Bandits" (1981), "Brazil" (1985), "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988), "The Fisher King" (1991), "12 Monkeys" (1995), "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998) and "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (2009). He is the only Python not born in Britain; he took British citizenship in 1968.