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Terry Gilliam

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Terrence Vance Gilliam ( GIL-ee-əm; born 22 November 1940) is an American-British filmmaker, comedian, collage animator, and actor. He gained stardom as a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe alongside John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Graham Chapman. Together they collaborated on the sketch series Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974) and the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, also co-directed), Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983). In 1988, they received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Terry Gilliam is the 89th most popular film director (down from 79th in 2019), the 801st most popular biography from United States (down from 554th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Film Director.

Terry Gilliam is most famous for his work on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Brazil, and 12 Monkeys.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Terry Gilliam ranks 89 out of 2,041. Before him are Robert Bresson, Peter Brook, Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Zinnemann, Howard Hawks, and James Ivory. After him are Manoel de Oliveira, Carl Theodor Dreyer, John Carpenter, Wolfgang Petersen, Aki Kaurismäki, and Dario Argento.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Terry Gilliam ranks 49. Before him are Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, James Caan, Abdurrahman Wahid, Patrick Stewart, Kip Thorne, and Óscar Arias. After him are Nancy Sinatra, Dario Argento, Richard Williamson, Anna Karina, Andrzej Żuławski, and David Koch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terry Gilliam ranks 801 out of 20,380. Before him are Benedict Arnold (1741), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Paul Cohen (1934), Alexander Calder (1898), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), and Nelson Rockefeller (1908). After him are Larry Hagman (1931), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Steven Weinberg (1933), Anna Politkovskaya (1958), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), and Patricia Highsmith (1921).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Terry Gilliam ranks 23. Before him are Brian De Palma (1940), Sydney Pollack (1934), Chuck Jones (1912), John Waters (1946), Howard Hawks (1896), and James Ivory (1928). After him are John Carpenter (1948), Sidney Lumet (1924), John Huston (1906), Edwin S. Porter (1870), George Cukor (1899), and Robert Altman (1925).

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