Slightly crazy, off beat and full of satire, Terry Gilliam is not an easy customer. He is a writer, actor, animator, director, but started out as an illustrator.
Born November 1940 in Minnesota, Gilliam studied at Birmingham High school and got his first job working for a magazine called "Help" as an assistant editer. Later on Gilliam would leave America and moved to England in 1967.
During 1969 Gilliam was asked by John Cleese to join The Monty Python comdey cast. Along with this Gilliam contributed many pieces if animation and even began taking small acting roles.
His animation is dark and surreal and filled with classic art and pictures. He always seeks to push the boundaries in an attempt to offer his viewing audience just a little bit more...? What he does with pictures in animation is truely amazing and inovative. Humour and comedy is always apparant, even if it can't be seen at first and creates subtle moods with his colours and tones.
Away from the satire & animation Gilliam is credited as a director for films such as "Brother's Grimm" & "12 Monkeys" which starred Bruce Willis & Brad Pitt. He also directed Robert De Niro in another one of his movies "Brazil". The thing with Gilliam is you either love his work or hate it. He is a specialist in his feild...I'm just not too sure exactly what that is? Terry Gilliam is not your average modern Artist.
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