Terry Gilliam
Known for directing · Born 22 November 1940 · 85 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
188 credits
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.
Known for
Twelve Monkeys
1995
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
Life of Brian
1979
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
Brazil
1985
The Brothers Grimm
2005
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983
The Fisher King
1991
The Zero Theorem
2013
Time Bandits
1981
Acting (150)
2026Le cinéma de Terry Gilliam - L’imagination au pouvoirSelf (archive footage)Film
2026The MAD World of Harvey KurtzmanHimselfFilm
2024Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent WarriorSelf (archive) - directorFilm
2024My National Gallery, LondonSelfFilm
2022Reel BritanniaSelf · 4 episodesSeries
2021Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!SelfFilm
2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage)Film
2021Monty Python's Best Bits CelebratedSelf (archive footage)(uncredited)Film
2021Terry Gilliam: It Is Extraordinary, But How Do You Describe It?HimselfFilm
2020Bye Bye MoronsLe chasseur publicitéFilm
2020Fellini of the SpiritsSelfFilm
2019He Dreams of GiantsSelfFilm
2019An Accidental StudioSelfFilm
2019Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy GrailsSelf (archive footage)Film
2018The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteGiant #2 (Voice)Film
2018Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian BorowczykSelfFilm
2017Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked JukeboxSelfFilm
2017Cinéma… par Albert DupontelSelfFilm
2017Plankton SalesmenSelf (archive footage)Film
2016Love Bite: Laurie Lipton and Her Disturbing Black & White DrawingsHimselfFilm
2016Gaga for Dada: The Original Art RebelsHimselfFilm
2016The Dada PrincipleSelfFilm
2016Under the Radar: The Mike Edmonds StoryHimselfFilm
2016Botticelli's Venus: The Making of an IconHimselfFilm
2015Jupiter AscendingSeal and Signet MinisterFilm
2015Absolutely AnythingNasty Alien (voice)Film
2015A Grand Night In: The Story of AardmanSelf - Director and AnimatorFilm
2015I REC UDr. TherieuxFilm
2015Film Adventurer Karel ZemanSelfFilm
2015Sean Connery: In His Own WordsSelfFilm
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelfSeries
2014Monty Python Live (Mostly)Self, othersFilm
2014Monty Python: The Meaning of LiveSelfFilm
2014Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather SimilarSelfFilm
2014The KumarsSelfSeries
2014Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)Self (archive footage) · 5 episodesSeries
20139 Month StretchCharlie MeatsonFilm
2013The Meaning of Monty PythonSelfFilm
2013Münchhausen - Die Geschichte einer LügeHimselfFilm
2012A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham ChapmanVarious (voice)Film
2012Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects TitanSelfFilm
2012For No Good ReasonSelfFilm
2012Evening UrgantSelfSeries
2012Anatomy of a LiarSelfFilm
2012The Cricklewood GreatsHimselfFilm
2012Ken Russell: A Bit of a DevilSelf - DirectorFilm
2012Magical Mystery Tour RevisitedSelfFilm
2011George Harrison: Living in the Material WorldSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2011The Monster of NixThe Ranger (Voice)Film
2011Adventures in Plymptoons!SelfFilm
2010Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)SelfFilm
2010Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)Not an Individual / Mexican / MountieFilm
2010The Legend of HallowdegaSenior Citizen in Photo (uncredited)Film
2010Dante Ferretti: Production DesignerSelfFilm
2010Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert HallFilm
2010Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical ReleaseSelfFilm
2010In ConfidenceSeries
2009Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)Self · 6 episodesSeries
2009Heath Ledger: A TributeSelfFilm
2008What Is Brazil?SelfFilm
2008Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand VoicesHimselfFilm
2008Monty Python: Before the Flying CircusSelfFilm
2008Monty Python Conquers AmericaSelfFilm
2008The Madness and Misadventures of MunchausenSelf - Director & WriterFilm
2008Life Of Brian ScreenplayMan Even Further Forward, Revolutionary, JailerFilm
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelfSeries
2007The Secret Life of BrianSelfFilm
2007The Making of 'Tideland'SelfFilm
2007Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920HimselfFilm
2007What the Pythons Did Next...Self (archive footage)Film
2007Movie ConnectionsSelfSeries
2006Locked OutLe faux bébéFilm
2006The One ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2006Monty Python's Personal BestSelf / Various Characters · 6 episodesSeries
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal BestVarious CharactersFilm
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal BestVarious CharactersFilm
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal BestVarious CharactersFilm
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal BestVarious CharactersFilm
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus — Michael Palin's Personal BestVarious Roles (archive footage)Film
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal BestVarious CharactersFilm
2005Getting GilliamSelfFilm
2005The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to LifeSelfFilm
2005The Visual Magic of the Brothers GrimmHimselfFilm
2005The Roots of Monty PythonSelf (archive footage)Film
2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?SelfFilm
2004The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1Self (archive footage)Film
2004The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2Self (archive footage)Film
2004The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3Self (archive footage)Film
2003Breakfast with HunterSelfFilm
2003Hunter Goes to HollywoodHimselfFilm
2003The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'SelfFilm
2002Lost in La ManchaSelf - Writer & DirectorFilm
2002Forever EalingSelfFilm
2002HypaSpaceSelfSeries
2002Chris on ChrisSelfFilm
2000Trigger Happy TVSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2000The Life of PythonSelfFilm
1999The Monty Python StorySelfFilm
1999Monty Python: From Spam to SpermSelfFilm
1999Monty Python: 30th Anniversary SketchesSelfFilm
199930 Years of Monty Python, a RevelationSelfFilm
1998Monty Python: Live at AspenSelfFilm
1998Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las VegasSelfFilm
1997Classic AlbumsSelfSeries
1997RubySelfSeries
1996The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'SelfFilm
1996The Battle of Brazil: A Video HistorySelfFilm
1995The Frank Skinner ShowSelfSeries
1995The Last Machine · 5 episodesSeries
1994Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy WonderSelfFilm
1994Philip K Dick: A Day in the AfterlifeSelf - IntervieweeFilm
1990Life of PythonSelf / Various RolesFilm
1989Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty PythonSelf / Various CharactersFilm
1989The Movie Life of GeorgeSelfFilm
1988The Adventures of Baron MunchausenIrritating Singer Inside Fish (uncredited)Film
1986Omnibus Presents Comic ReliefSeries
1986Cinématon n°601 : Terry GilliamFilm
1985BrazilSmoking Man (uncredited)Film
1985Spies Like UsDr. ImhausFilm
1985Friday PeopleSeries
1983Monty Python's The Meaning of LifeVarious RolesFilm
1983The Crimson Permanent AssuranceWindow Cleaner (uncredited)Film
1982Monty Python Live at the Hollywood BowlVarious RolesFilm
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf · 2 episodes, Self - GuestSeries
1979Life of BrianMan Even Further Forward / Revolutionary / Jailer / Blood and Thunder Prophet / Frank / Audience Member / CrucifeeFilm
1979StorytimeNarratorFilm
1979The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979SelfFilm
1979Friday Night, Saturday MorningSeries
1978CinématonN°601Film
1978The South Bank ShowSelfSeries
1978Michael Palin’s Super 8mm - “Life of Brian”SelfFilm
1977JabberwockyMan with RockFilm
1976Pleasure at Her Majesty'sSelfFilm
1976The Secret Policeman's BallSelf · 15 episodesSeries
1975Monty Python and the Holy GrailPatsy / Green Knight / Old Man from Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorilla HandFilm
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelfSeries
1974Miracle of FlightVoiceFilm
1974Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location ReportSelfFilm
1974The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation ShowTerry Gilliam · 5 episodesSeries
1972Monty Python's Fliegender ZirkusVarious Characters · 2 episodesSeries
1972The Philosophers' Football MatchI. KantFilm
1971And Now for Something Completely DifferentSelf-Defence Nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / Caterpillar Man / Sign Holder / Conrad PoohsFilm
1971Film '72Self · 2 episodesSeries
1971Euroshow '71: May Day SpecialVarious (as Montypython Flyingcircus)Film
1969Monty Python's Flying CircusVarious · 45 episodesSeries
1968We Have Ways Of Making You LaughLive Cartoonist · 12 episodesSeries
1967Do Not Adjust Your Set · 29 episodesSeries
1967OmnibusSeries
—The Debra Hill StorySelfFilm
—TITOLI DI CODA - VIDEODROMETerry GilliamFilm
Art (2)
2019Happy BirthdayArt DesignerFilm
1979Life of BrianProduction Design, Screenplay, AnimationFilm
Creator (2)
2006Monty Python's Personal BestCreatorSeries
—Monty Python: Live at AspenCreatorSeries
Directing (22)
2018The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2018Benvenuto CelliniStage DirectorFilm
2015Benvenuto CelliniStage DirectorFilm
2013The Zero TheoremDirectorFilm
2011The Wholly FamilyDirector, WriterFilm
2010The Legend of HallowdegaDirectorFilm
2010Arcade Fire: UNSTAGEDDirectorFilm
2009The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusDirector, Screenplay, Producer, Art DirectionFilm
2005The Brothers GrimmDirectorFilm
2005TidelandDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2005Le court des grandsDirectorFilm
1998Fear and Loathing in Las VegasDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1995Twelve MonkeysDirectorFilm
1991The Fisher KingDirectorFilm
1988The Adventures of Baron MunchausenDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1985BrazilDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1983The Crimson Permanent AssuranceDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1981Time BanditsDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
1979StorytimeDirector, AnimationFilm
1977JabberwockyDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1975Monty Python and the Holy GrailDirector, WriterFilm
1974Miracle of FlightDirector, Writer, Producer, AnimationFilm
Production (2)
2026The MAD World of Harvey KurtzmanExecutive ProducerFilm
2005The Piano Tuner of EarthquakesExecutive ProducerFilm
Writing (10)
2026Short cuts : L'Armée des 12 singes de Terry GilliamOriginal Film WriterFilm
2024Time BanditsCharactersSeries
2014Monty Python Live (Mostly)WriterFilm
2008Life Of Brian ScreenplayScreenplayFilm
1989Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty PythonWriterFilm
1983Monty Python's The Meaning of LifeScreenplayFilm
1982Monty Python Live at the Hollywood BowlWriterFilm
1971And Now for Something Completely DifferentScreenplayFilm
1969Monty Python's Flying CircusWriterSeries
—Eric Idle Exploits Monty PythonWriterFilm