Terry Gilliam
☼ Born on 22 December 1940, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
BiographyTerry Gilliam was born near Medicine Lake, Minnesota. When he was 12 his family moved to Los Angeles where he became a fan of MAD magazine. In his early twenties he was often stopped by the police who suspected him of being a drug addict and Gilliam had to explain that he worked in advertising. In the political turmoil in the 60's, Gilliam feared he would become a terrorist and decided to leave the USA. He moved to England and landed a job on the children's television show Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967) as an animator. There he met meet his future collaborators in Monty Python: Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Michael Palin. In 2006 he renounced his American citizenship.
In the role of actor
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live (26/07/2015)
This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Hot Docs 2015 The famed comedy troupe reunites on stage for the final time in Monty Python: The Meaning of Live. For the first time in 34 years, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin reunite on stage for a series […]
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live (28/04/2015)
The famed comedy troupe reunites on stage for the final time in Monty Python: The Meaning of Live. For the first time in 34 years, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin reunite on stage for a series of performances at the O2 theatre in London. The group is followed through […]
In the role of director
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (10/04/2019)
Terry Gilliam finally brings his long-in-development passion project to the big screen with The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Toby Grisoni (Adam Driver) is a washed up filmmaker, currently shooting commercials for an advertising agency run by The Boss (Stellan Skarsgård). Toby comes across a bootleg DVD of a film he made about Don Quixote […]
In Fear (13/03/2014)
Indie Spotlight is a series focusing on reviews of independent films The following review might contain SPOILERS. The British horror thriller In Fear focuses on Tom (Iain De Caestecker) and Lucy (Alice Englert), a young couple on their way to a festival. After stopping off at a pub, during which Tom has some sort of […]