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Terry Gilliam

Age

Birthday

Nov. 22nd, 1940

Born in

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Height

5' 9"

Terry Gilliam's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (UK)	Various Roles
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days (UK)	Terry Gilliam
Animation Nation (UK)	Terry Gilliam

Show Name

Characters Played

Ep Count

The South Bank Show (UK)

Himself

Himself

Himself

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

Raised in Los Angeles.
He and 'John Cleese' (qv) are the only members of 'Monty Python' to be nominated for Oscars. Coincidentally, they were both for Best Original Screenplay, Gilliam for _Brazil (1985)_ (qv) and Cleese for _A Fish Called Wanda (1988)_ (qv). Both screenplays did not win their Oscars, and both films featured 'Michael Palin' (qv).
Was offered the chance to direct Troy (2004). He stopped reading the script 5 pages in and declined the offer.
_The Fisher King (1991)_ (qv) was the first film that he directed in which he was not involved in writing the screenplay.
Directed a series of TV ads for Nike in 2001. They were part of The Scorpion Knockout Campaign, which featured some of the best soccer players on the globe. That campaign went to win a Cannes award in 2002, in the category of Best TV Campaign.
Was slated to direct an adaptation of the novel "Good Omens" by 'Neil Gaiman' (qv) and 'Terry Pratchett' (qv). The project languished in development for three years before finally being abandoned.
Born in Minnesota, he is the only non-British member of the Monty Python comedy troupe
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001.

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