Terry Gilliam is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, animator, actor and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
Gilliam has directed 14 feature 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), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), and The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018).
He has received nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Gilliam received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in 2009. In 2009, Gilliam received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1985 Best Original Screenplay Brazil
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 1983 Best Short Film The Crimson Permanent Assurance 1988 Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Monty Python's Flying Circus 2009 BAFTA Fellowship
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1991 Best Director The Fisher King
Festival awards Cannes Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1998 Palme d'Or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Venice Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1991 Silver LionThe Fisher King
Miscellaneous awards Year Award Category Film Result Ref. 1981 Saturn Awards Best International Film Time Bandits Best Director Best Writing 1985 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Film Brazil Director Screenplay 1991 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Picture The Fisher King Best Director Best Screenplay 1991 Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award 1991 Saturn Awards Best Director The Fisher King 1995 12 Monkeys 1995 Empire Award Best Director 2005 San Sebastian Festival FIPRESCI Prize Tideland 2009 British Independent Film Awards Best Achievement in Production The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 2018 Magritte Award Best Foreign Film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 2024 The Aardman Slapstick Award for Visual Comedy. Comedy
Honours and special recognition An asteroid, 9619 Terrygilliam, is named in his honour. Terry Gilliam was awarded the Fellowship of the Kermodes, by film critic Mark Kermode. Gilliam was honoured with the Director with Unique Visual Sensitivity Award at the Camerimage film festival in Łódź, Poland in 2009.Terry Gilliam Presents Dr. P and Receives Honor At Plus Camerimage Fest In Lodz Poland 11/29 , The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Support site, Saturday, 28 November 2009 He was awarded the Career Achievement Award at the 2007 Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Knight (2013) Raindance Film Festival announced on 13 August 2018, that he would be the next recipient of its Auteur Award for his contribution to UK film. Inkpot Award (2009)
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