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Alan Pattillo
Born(1929-07-17)17 July 1929[1]
Aberdeen, Scotland[2]
Died16 January 2020(2020-01-16) (aged 90)
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England[3]
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen
University of Cambridge
Occupation(s)Director, editor, script editor, writer
Notable workThunderbirds
All Quiet on the Western Front

Alan Huchison Pattillo (17 July 1929 – 16 January 2020) was a British writer and director who worked on

Emmy in 1979 alongside Bill Blunden for his film editing on All Quiet on the Western Front.[6]

Pattillo died in January 2020 at the age of 90 from complications of Parkinson's disease.[7]

Career

During the 1960s, Pattillo worked on several Gerry Anderson projects. He directed episodes of Four Feather Falls, Supercar and Fireball XL5. His work on the latter is regarded as having brought added sophistication to the direction of the series.[8] Pattillo then worked again for Anderson on Stingray as director, before performing a number of roles on the next series from AP Films. For Thunderbirds Pattillo served as script editor, director, and writer. He directed four and wrote seven of the thirty-two episodes (including Attack of the Alligators!).[4]

Aside from his work on Gerry Anderson projects, Pattillo had a varied career in the film industry. He provided the story for a 1967

associate editor on the film Gandhi (1982) directed by Richard Attenborough.[4]

References

  1. ^ Dignity Funerals
  2. ^ Ancestry: Alan Hutchison Pattillo
  3. ^ "PATTILLO". Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Alan Pattillo". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. ^ Simpson, Craig (16 March 2016). "Thunderbirds director pays tribute to Lady Penelope actress, Sylvia Anderson". Eveningexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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  7. ^ Alan Pattillo has died
  8. ^ Heam, Marcus (2015). Thunderbirds: The Vault. Virgin Books. p. 35. Added sophistication could be detected in the episodes directed by Alan Pattillo.
  9. ^ R. W. Cooper. "Birds at centre of espionage." Times [London, England] 11 February 1967: 13. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 2 September 2016.

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