Terry Gilliam (full name Terrence Vance Gilliam) is a British director, screenwriter, producer, artist, animator and actor. In his youth, he was one of the members of the famous comedian group "Monty Python". Gilliam began his directorial career in 1968 with the short film Time of Tales.
The creative biography of the famous and controversial director totals today about twenty full-length films. He also made the screenwriter of twenty-six films and the producer of four films.
Facts from the biography
Gilliam is known not only as a director, but also an actor who starred in many films. Terry's acting career began with the Monty Python: The Flying Circus project. This was followed by work in a number of paintings, along with the comedy group Monty Python, where Terry was one of the main participants for several years.
Gilliam's directorial work always causes a wave of discussion and controversy. Someone considers them to be masterpieces, for someone they remain incomprehensible.
During his creative career, Gilliam was repeatedly nominated for numerous cinematic awards. He became the laureate of many film festivals.
Since 1982, Terry has been awarded the prizes: Saturn, Cannes Film Festival, British Academy, Oscars, Venice Film Festival, Golden Globes, Berlin Film Festival, International Film Critics Association, European Film Academy.
Over the past few years, almost nothing has been heard about Gilliam. In 2018, at the Cannes Film Festival, he presented his new work, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The film again surprised fans of Gilliam's talent and received very mixed reviews from film critics.
early years
The boy was born in the USA in the autumn of 1940. His father worked as a representative of one of the coffee companies. Later, he began to engage in carpentry, because of which the family was forced to move to a suburb of Los Angeles.
In his school years, Terry became interested in drawing, he was predicted to have a brilliant career as an artist. At school, the young man was one of the most diligent students, he was even elected president of the class.
Having received his primary education, Gilliam continued his studies at the university at the Department of Political Science, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree.
In his student years, he did not stop to engage in creativity, he drew a lot. His works constantly appeared in the youth publications of the university.
After a while, Gilliam was invited to the Help! Publishing house, where he worked as an illustrator for several years. There he met with a reporter from England, John Cleese, who played a big role in the fate of Terry. It was he who invited the young man to become a member of the comedy group "Monty Python".
Creative way
In the late 60s, John Cleese helped Terry move to England and obtain British citizenship. For some time, Gilliam worked in London as an animator, in the program "Do not twist the dial." There he met all future members of the Monty Python band. After the closure of the project, he began performing with them in the show.
In the movie, Gilliam appeared in the early 1970s. He played several roles in films with the Monty Python band. After the collapse of the team, Gilliam continued to engage in creativity and wrote his first script for the film "Barmaglot". Then came work on the projects: The Bandits of Time, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
In the early 1990s, Gilliam made the films: The Fisher King, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 12 Monkeys.
In the 2000s, his new films were released: The Brothers Grimm, The Country of Tides, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Zerro Theorem, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
