Terry Gilliam


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11/21/1940
Minneapolis, MN
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In 2004, he was awarded an honorary D.F.A. from Occidental College and an honorary doctorate from the Wimbledon School of Art in London.
His 1991 drama The Fisher King was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Screenplay.
The only non-British member of Monty Python, and created the animation for all of their projects.
While directing the 1985 classic Brazil, he clashed with movie producers and execs over the film's length and tone. When he won Best Director and Best Screenplay (with
Started filming The Man Who Killed Don Quixote in 2001, but never completed the movie; its troubled production became the subject of the 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha.
Nominated for the Saturn Awards' Best Director three times: the fantasy-comedy 1981 Time Bandits, the 1991 drama The Fisher King and the 1995 sci-fi thriller