Known for movies
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
as Writer
Life of Brian (1979)
as Writer
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
as Writer
The Meaning of Life (1983)
as Writer
Short Info
| Net Worth | $40 million |
| Date Of Birth | November 22, 1940 |
| Spouse | Maggie Weston |
| Mark | Frequently casts Jonathan Pryce, Katherine Helmond, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Robin Williams, Johnny Depp, Jeff Bridges, Christopher Plummer, Peter Stormare and Tom Waits. |
| Fact | Was offered the chance to direct Troy (2004). He stopped reading the script 5 pages in and declined the offer. |
Terry Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor, comedian and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Beatrice (née Johnson) and James Hall Gilliam. His father was a travelling salesman for a chemical company and his mother was a secretary. He has two older brothers, one of whom is also an actor and screenwriter. Gilliam was raised in an atheist household and attended public schools in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
He began his career as an animator and strip cartoonist, working on such American television programs as The Carol Burnett Show and Saturday Night Live. He first came to prominence as a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, where he was responsible for many of the group’s most famous sketches, animations and films. Gilliam has directed a number of critically acclaimed films, including Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The Fisher King (1991) and 12 Monkeys (1995). He has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for Brazil and The Fisher King.
Gilliam’s net worth is estimated to be $40 million. He has been married three times and has four children.
General Info
| Full Name | Terry Gilliam |
| Net Worth | $40 million |
| Date Of Birth | November 22, 1940 |
| Height | 1.75 m |
| Profession | Screenwriter, Comedian, Film producer, Film director, Actor, Animator |
| Education | Birmingham High School, Occidental College |
| Nationality | British |
Family
| Spouse | Maggie Weston |
| Children | Amy Gilliam, Harry Gilliam, Holly Gilliam |
| Parents | James Hall Gilliam, Beatrice Vance |
Accomplishments
| Awards | BAFTA Fellowship, European Film Award for Best Short Film, Silver Lion for Best Director, Leopard of Honour, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, ADG's Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award, British Academy Television Award - General Category |
| Music Groups | Monty Python |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Golden Lion, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture, Grand Jury Prize, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, BAFTA Award for Best Short Film, Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design, Satellite Award for Best Origina... |
| Movies | 12 Monkeys, Brazil, Time Bandits, The Fisher King, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Zero Theorem, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The Brothers Grimm, Tideland, Jabberwocky, Monty Python's Lif... |
| TV Shows | Do Not Adjust Your Set, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python, Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python, Monty Python's Personal Best, Monty Python Live (Mostly), Monty Python Live at Aspen, We Have Ways of Making You Laugh, HypaSpace, The Last Machin... |
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Marks
| # | Marks / Signs |
|---|---|
| 1 | Frequently casts Jonathan Pryce, Katherine Helmond, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Robin Williams, Johnny Depp, Jeff Bridges, Christopher Plummer, Peter Stormare and Tom Waits. |
| 2 | Dutch tilt shots |
| 3 | [Television monitors] They were in Brazil (1985), Twelve Monkeys (1995), The Fisher King (1991), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and Time Bandits (1981). |
| 4 | Heavy use of wide angle lenses |
| 5 | Often begins and ends his films with the same shot |
| 6 | Often features people/animals bursting through walls or ceilings |
| 7 | Heroes in his films often dream of a woman who they have not yet met, but will meet during the course of the film. In the dream, the woman's face is obscured. |
| 8 | Was first known for the bizarre animation sequences in Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) using cutout pictures and photographs. |
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | Missing out on what turned out to be a famously disastrous opening ceremony [for the original Disneyland in 1955] ... was about the closest I ever came to real childhood trauma. That's what kills me; I've always wanted the scars, but I just don't have them. In fact, that's probably why I had to go into film-making - to acquire the deep emotional and spiritual wounds which my shockingly happy childhood had so callously denied me. |
| 2 | This argument that we should be quiet and let them mutilate our work, that they're doing us a favor somehow, is what gets this angry Pavlovian response out of me. You get this same thing over and over. Every film we do, they say 'It's too British, it won't work.' If they hadn't been so consistently WRONG and we so consistently RIGHT, I wouldn't be so arrogant in my attitude. |
| 3 | I had a scholarship to Occidental College, which is heavily funded by the Presbyterian Church.... I was head of the youth group at the local church, I would go to summer camps and my best friends were the minister's sons. But, in the end, I couldn't stand the fact that nobody felt able to laugh at God. Hold on a minute, I said, what kind of God is this that can't take my feeble jokes? It was the sanctimoniousness and, ultimately, the narrow-mindedness of people who were protecting this deity that I never thought needed any protection. Their God was a much smaller God than I was thinking of - less powerful - and he needed them to protect him. I just got fed up with it because I thought: this is getting dull now and there's a whole world out there that's been off limits. That was when I was about seventeen. |
| 4 | Necessity might be the mother of invention, but restriction is the mother of efficiency. |
| 5 | [tweeted when Variety accidentally published his obituary] I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING DEAD, especially to those who have already bought tickets to my upcoming talks. |
| 6 | [on Robin Williams] When the gods gift you with the type of talent Robin had, there's a price to pay, there always is - it doesn't come from nothing, It comes from... probably deep problems inside, a concern, all sorts of fears, and yet he could always channel those things and turn them into something gold. I think that just comes with the territory, frankly. |
| 7 | [on voting as a member of AMPAS] I just vote for my friends, or do it whimsically, or out of spite in some cases. |
| 8 | [on filmmaking]: So we create a world that isn't true to a realistic naturalistic world, but is truthful. |
| 9 | [on current Hollywood blockbuster movies] You just sit there and watch the explosions. I couldn't tell you what the movie was about. The movie hammers the audience into submission. They are influenced by video games, but in video games at least you are immersed; in these movies you are left out. In films, there's so much overt fantasy now that I don't watch a lot because everything is possible now. There's no tension there. People can slide down the side of a building that's falling and they don't get ripped to shreds? The shots are amazing, but if there is no consequence, no gravity, what's the point? I can't watch Hollywood movies anymore. There's no room for me. |
| 10 | My life is about waiting for money. My life isn't about filmmaking -- that's not what I do. It feels incidental to what I do, which is hunt for the money, cast movies and re-cast them and try to get projects going or stop them from falling apart. I spend my whole time repressing everything inside of me until I get the money to work, and then I just go. I'm on autopilot until I get the chance to go on a set. |
| 11 | Cinemoi is the most important television channel in Britain. |
| 12 | (on Jeff Bridges) If it were up to me, I would cast Jeff in every movie I make. He is that good, such a joy to work with too. He has a large fan base as well, but these guys are real cult-fans, they are dedicated, but they don't run around screaming at premieres for "more Jeff Bridges!". The studios, they don't get this. They don't think he's bankable at all, but he is. It's frustrating, I think, but so very typical. |
| 13 | (on finishing The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2011)): If you're going to play with Quixote you really got to play with Quixote. And those were windmills that came along. Those were giants, they killed us once but we're going to come back. Everybody says 'Oh, forget about it, put it in the past. Move on.' No, I won't because that all sounds so reasonable and I don't think films should be reasonable. The business we're in is about exciting people, stimulating people, doing things, changing them, outraging them -- it's not a reasonable business. Especially when you're spending the gross national product of a country to make a silly movie -- this is not reasonable. |
| 14 | For me, the only reason to try and make my films successful is that it will be more likely that I'll get the next project off the ground. |
| 15 | I thought this one would be a piece of cake, to get 25 million with Heath Ledger on board (for 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'). You would think that there's intelligent life in Hollywood. But then you discover that there's just fear. People are frightened of making decisions or even having - I hate to use the word "vision", but they lack all of that. Hollywood is run by Goldman Sachs and not by entrepreneurs or studio people. It's the bankers who look at the numbers, and Tideland, my previous film, made very little money, and Heath did even worse with a film called Candy. And that's what they look at. Somehow the whole place has been taken over by middle management, like the rest of the Western world. And bureaucracy has settled in very comfortably. |
| 16 | It depends who you talk to. If you talk to people who have worked with me, they'll say, he's the right guy to work with, he knows what he's doing, responsible... If you talk to Hollywood, they think catastrophes, disasters - he's a magnet for trouble.' If it's easy, I don't do it; if it's almost impossible, I'll have a go. -- on what others in the business say of him |
| 17 | The first subversive thing I did was in junior high school, when I was "head of ground patrol" - in other words the local cop. There was a long corridor, and someone was running down it. I was talking to my friend and it was one of those moments, I just put my foot out and he tripped and went flying. I don't know why I did it. I think I didn't like the guy. There was something about the way he was running - I thought, what an asshole. |
| 18 | I find that what I do is reactive, so if I'm living in London I'm angry most of the time about the state of the world. When I go to Italy I get all blissful. I've never done any creative work there except building stone walls. I just wander around looking at birds and leaves. It's peace. -- on his house in Italy |
| 19 | I've always liked gossip, gossip is fun, but whether you believe it or not is something else, and yet the web seems to want to believe. The web doesn't distinguish between what's playful and serious. And the speed! What is happening in the web, and all the tweeters tweeting, they become neurons. They are the neurons of the global village. Village is the right word because the village is where the gossip is taking place, it doesn't take place in the cities. A piece of information comes into that little neuron - whoop - and they've immediately got to pass it across the synaptic gap... a big leap into the next neuron... - [he makes a rocket sound] - Whoosh! And off it goes! Off it goes into the next neuron. We're watching the brain in action, worldwide. The brain is a very simple thing, and the web is the neural structure of our brains, I'm convinced of it. ... See, Hollywood was always like that. Agents have to be available 24 hours a day, because they are the neurons of the system and whatever information hits them, they're off to the next one with that information, there's no secrets in Hollywood... -- on the advancement of gossip on the web |
| 20 | I won't be getting an Academy Award - I'll predict that - ever. And somehow, my life will be no less for that! |
| 21 | On his conflict with Universal over Brazil (1985): The first thing was that they wanted a happy ending. Then they decided that the theme of the film was 'love conquers all'. So they started cutting out all the fantasy stuff. It's one thing to argue about whether you need that scene or whether it can be a bit shorter. It's another to say, 'Let's tell a different story'. And at that point I said, 'Whoa, it's time to go to war'. The [Hollywood] studio's mentality is that Americans are stupid. They try to lower the standard as much as they can to reach what they think is this great dumb audience. And I have always resisted that and wanted to believe in the audience's intelligence. But if you keep feeding people baby food for long enough they begin to like it. |
| 22 | The reason why I don't watch as many as I used to is that I'm not surprised any more. I loved movies because they opened up doors into worlds I never imagined. It seldom happens now. |
| 23 | Nobody went to see Tideland (2005)! I was hoping people would get angry about it but those that saw it didn't want to talk about it. This is the world we're living in, people don't want to discuss things that are actually worth discussing. |
| 24 | While filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): We were devastated. We spent the whole day - Amy Gilliam, Nicola Pecorini, the director of photography, and myself - lying flat on the floor. Heath Ledger's dead, and you don't quite get over that. I suppose I'm in an interesting position because while I'm cutting the film I'm basically working with him every day and he's fine; he's in good shape. Ideas are floating around. Then finally we decided, 'OK, let's get three other people to take over the part'. And we were lucky because we have a magic mirror in this movie. Not every movie has a magic mirror. So you can very genuinely say that these other actors are different aspects of the character that Heath plays. And it works. The point was, we've got to keep going. It was a bit like half being there, but apparently on autopilot I can still do a few things. |
| 25 | In the end, people have to learn to live together. That is what I didn't like about America - it is so homogeneous. I like places where there are people who are different culturally, physically, in every way. And I like to see how they succeed in living together. |
| 26 | It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been sympathetic to mine. |
| 27 | The more successful I get, the more the onus of having to get it right wants to settle on my shoulders alone, but I just hate that, I freeze up. I want everyone to share my responsibility, the guilt, and I'll shoulder the blame, because that's my job in the end. |
| 28 | I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg - I don't usually admit this publicly - because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it - to use it as a way of luring audiences in. |
| 29 | "My main concern is to protect the film, and sometimes even I can get in the way of the film. If I'm causing a problem for the ultimate film, then I've got to be stopped, and I tell this to everybody who works with me. They find it hard to believe, but they finally do say, 'Terry, you can't do it.' |
| 30 | Everybody has their opinion and some people are wrong. One of the things I enjoy about my films is that children really love them. They are open-minded. As we get older we seem to close in. We limit the size of the world we limit everything about it. We have to break that shell open sometimes and (The Brothers Grimm) is just a desperate attempt to do so. |
| 31 | Whether I like it or not, or whether anybody else does, when I start a film I have a few ideas. And as you're getting into it, you think, 'Ooh, there's another idea,' and you're shooting some more and, 'Oh, here's another thing. Let's do that.' I'm always changing and adding. That's just the way my mind works. |
| 32 | (on future use of CGI in his films) "Nooo! Leave that to George Lucas, he' s really mastered the CGI acting. That scares me! I hate it! Everybody is so pleased and excited by it. Animation is animation. Animation is great. But it's when you're now taking what should be films full of people, living thinking, breathing, flawed creatures and you're controlling every moment of that, it's just death to me. It's death to cinema, I can't watch those Star Wars films, they're dead things." |
| 33 | It happens with every film. There comes a part where the money and the creative elements all come crashing together. Everybody's under a lot of pressure, and everybody is panicking about what works and what doesn't. And the studios and the money always have one perspective and the creative people have another one, and usually what happens is a lot of compromises get made. |
| 34 | My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix. I want to be taken into some place, some world, some idea that I haven't thought of or imagined. And it doesn't happen. |
| 35 | I do want to say things in these films. I want audiences to come out with shards stuck in them. I don't care if people love my films or walk out, as long as they have a strong response. |
| 36 | Hollywood is run by small-minded people who like chopping the legs off creative people. All they want to do is say no. |
| 37 | I think I've got a certain talent and I don't know how to defend it. So I end up defending it more vociferously than it may need, but I always feel under threat. It's a basic in-built paranoia. When people start interfering, I go a little bit crazy. |
| 38 | All I do is hunt. I want to be thrilled. And I'm not being thrilled at the moment. So I'm being old and bitter and curmudgeonly, because I want sensory buzz and I'm not getting it! |
| 39 | I am getting tired of these fights [with backers.] Each time you get into a fight the world closes in a bit. You start losing an innocence, a belief that everything is possible. Terry Jones thinks I'm belligerent and egotistical, and that I've got to get into a fight to keep me going. It does keep me awake. But I limit it to the fights that are worth it nowadays. |
| 40 | To be deemed to be OK, to be part of the culture, that's the kiss of death. When I'm pushing against something it helps me define what I believe. I've always been led to see what's beyond, what's round the corner. The world tries to say that this is what it is, and don't go any further, because out there are monsters. But I want to see what they are. So when I talk about the others in the group not having done more, that's because I really admire them, and I get angry when I see those with extraordinary talents not using them. |
| 41 | People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their audiences want. |
| 42 | There's a side of me that always fell for manic things, frenzied, cartoony performances. I always liked sideshows, freakshows. Jerry Lewis was a freakshow...Absolutely grotesque, awful, tasteless. I like things to be tasteless. |
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Retrospective at the 11th New Horizons Film Festival (2011). |
| 2 | He was approached soon after the release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) to make a movie involving Beatles songs called 'All This and World War 3', but he turned it down and pitched Jabberwocky (1977) instead. |
| 3 | According to his memoir, Terry Jones actually wanted Gilliam to co-direct Life of Brian (1979) but he wasn't interested after facing some tension with the Monty Python group (apparently they wouldn't take his directions as seriously as actors he worked with after, and said he got a different experience on Jabberwocky (1977)), so he was brought on as production designer instead. |
| 4 | Contributed animations and sketches to Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967); he did one of David Jason's head on a pig's body. |
| 5 | Was J.K. Rowling's first choice to direct the "Harry Potter" films. |
| 6 | As a result of renouncing his American citizenship, he is only permitted to spend 29 days a year in the United States, considerably less than the average U.K. Citizen. |
| 7 | As of 2010, has directed three actors in Oscar-nominated roles; Brad Pitt (Twelve Monkeys (1995)), Robin Williams, and Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King (1991)). Ruehl won her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. |
| 8 | Four of his films are in the Criterion Collection - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), The Fisher King (1991), Brazil (1985), and Time Bandits (1981). |
| 9 | Member of the comedy group "Monty Python" along with John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman. Gilliam also created the animations. |
| 10 | Is a fan of science fiction author Philip K. Dick. |
| 11 | Was offered the chance to direct Troy (2004). He stopped reading the script 5 pages in and declined the offer. |
| 12 | Gave up his US citizenship in January 2006. [source: Haaretz interview, Feb. 2006]. |
| 13 | He and John Cleese are the only members of 'Monty Python' to be nominated for Oscars. Coincidentally, they were both for Best Original Screenplay, Gilliam for Brazil (1985) and Cleese for A Fish Called Wanda (1988). Both screenplays did not win their Oscars, and both films featured Michael Palin. |
| 14 | The Fisher King (1991) was the first film that he directed in which he was not involved in writing the screenplay. |
| 15 | Born in Minnesota, he is the only non-British member of the Monty Python comedy troupe |
| 16 | He did not originally intend to cast Sean Connery as King Agamemnon in Time Bandits (1981), he merely wrote in the screenplay that when Agamemnon took off his helmet that he looked "exactly like Sean Connery." To Gilliam's surprise, the script found its way into Connery's hands and Connery subsequently expressed interest in doing the film. |
| 17 | Raised in Los Angeles. |
| 18 | Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001. |
| 19 | Also turned down directing Braveheart (1995), when briefly solicited by Mel Gibson to direct an abandoned film version of Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities". |
| 20 | Directed a series of TV ads for Nike in 2001. They were part of The Scorpion Knockout Campaign, which featured some of the best soccer players on the globe. That campaign went to win a Cannes award in 2002, in the category of Best TV Campaign. |
| 21 | Was slated to direct an adaptation of the novel "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. The project languished in development for three years before finally being abandoned. |
| 22 | Has been off and on to write and direct a movie adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's graphic novel "Watchmen." Gilliam has said he attempted to write an accurate screenplay but it would be unfilmable, but he would consider directing it if it were made into 10 or 12-part cable television series. |
| 23 | Turned down the opportunity to direct Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Enemy Mine (1985), and Forrest Gump (1994) and Alien: Resurrection (1997). |
| 24 | J.K. Rowling, creator of the "Harry Potter" book series, originally wanted Gilliam to direct Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), but Warner Brothers studios wanted a more family friendly film and eventually settled for Chris Columbus. |
| 25 | Father of Amy Gilliam (aka Amy Rainbow Gilliam), Holly Gilliam (aka Holly DuBois Gilliam) and Harry Gilliam (aka Harry Thunder Gilliam). |
| 26 | Has taken British citizenship. |
| 27 | During the filming of Brazil (1985) he became so stressed that he temporarily lost the use of his legs, which only returned to normal several weeks later. |
| 28 | He started to direct "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" in 2001 (in Spain) with Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis and Jean Rochefort but the shooting was unfortunately stopped a couple of days after it started because of numerous factors including storms, lack of financing, and Jean Rochefort's health problems (he couldn't ride a horse any more). There is a documentary based on the struggle in production entitled "lost in la mancha". |
| 29 | Founding editor of and principal contributor to campus humor magazine, "Fang", at Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA in the early 1960s. |
Pictures
Movies
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | 2018 | screenplay post-production | |
| Monty Python Live (Mostly) | 2014 | Documentary | |
| The Zero Theorem | 2013 | additional dialogue | |
| The Wholly Family | 2011 | Short | |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | 2009 | written by | |
| Tideland | 2005 | screenplay | |
| Eric Idle: Exploits Monty Python | 2002 | ||
| Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 1998 | screenplay | |
| Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail | 1996 | Video Game screenplay "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" | |
| Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python | 1989 | TV Special sketches | |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | 1988 | screenplay | |
| Brazil | 1985 | screenplay | |
| The Crimson Permanent Assurance | 1983 | Short written by | |
| The Meaning of Life | 1983 | written by | |
| Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl | 1982 | Documentary written by | |
| Time Bandits | 1981 | written by | |
| Life of Brian | 1979 | written by | |
| Jabberwocky | 1977 | screenplay | |
| Miracle of Flight | 1975 | Short | |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | written by | |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | TV Series written by - 41 episodes, 1969 - 1974 creator - 1 episode, 1973 additional material - 1 episode, 1969 conceived and written by - 1 episode, 1969 | ||
| Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus | 1972 | TV Series written by | |
| And Now for Something Completely Different | 1971 | screen foreplay & conception | |
| Broaden Your Mind | 1968 | TV Series writer | |
| Marty | 1968 | TV Series writer | |
| Do Not Adjust Your Set | 1968 | TV Series additional material - 4 episodes |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absolutely Anything | 2015 | Nasty Alien (voice) | |
| Jupiter Ascending | 2015 | Seal and Signet Minister | |
| Monty Python Live (Mostly) | 2014 | Documentary | Spanish Dancer / Piano player / Pope's Servant / ... |
| 9 mois ferme | 2013 | Charlie Meatson | |
| I rec u | 2012 | Dr. Therieux | |
| The Unfinished Swan | 2012 | Video Game | The King |
| A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | 2012 | Interview Don #2 / Dr One Across / Pilot / ... (voice) | |
| The Monster of Nix | 2011 | Short | The Ranger |
| The Legend of Hallowdega | 2010 | Short | Senior Citizen in Photo (uncredited) |
| Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy | 2010 | Not an Individual / Mexican / Mountie | |
| Enfermés dehors | 2006 | Le faux bébé | |
| Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Man with Vercotti / BBC Crewmember / Himself / ... |
| The Meaning of Life | 1997 | Video Game | Various |
| Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail | 1996 | Video Game | Patsy Green Knight Bridgekeeper ... |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | 1988 | Irritating Singer Inside Fish (uncredited) | |
| Spies Like Us | 1985 | Dr. Imhaus | |
| Brazil | 1985 | Smoking Man at Shangri-La Towers (uncredited) | |
| The Crimson Permanent Assurance | 1983 | Short | Workman (uncredited) |
| The Meaning of Life | 1983 | Window Washer Fish #4 Walters ... | |
| Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl | 1982 | Documentary | Third Barber Mao Zedong Constable Parrot ... |
| Life of Brian | 1979 | Man Even Further Forward Revolutionary Jailer ... | |
| Jabberwocky | 1977 | Man with Rock | |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | Patsy Green Knight Old Man from Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) ... | |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | 1969-1974 | TV Series | Various / Various Roles / Knight with Chicken / ... |
| Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus | 1972 | TV Series | Animated Pervert (voice, uncredited) |
| And Now for Something Completely Different | 1971 | Self-Defence Nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / ... | |
| Euroshow 71 | 1971 | TV Movie | Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus) |
| We Have Ways of Making You Laugh | 1968 | TV Series | Live Cartoonist (1968) |
Animation Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colbert Report | 2014 | TV Series animator - 1 episode | |
| Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail | 1996 | Video Game original illustrations and animations | |
| Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python | 1989 | TV Special animator: archive footage | |
| Life of Brian | 1979 | animation | |
| Miracle of Flight | 1975 | Short animator | |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | animator - uncredited | |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | 1969-1974 | TV Series animator - 46 episodes | |
| The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine | 1971-1972 | TV Series animator - 4 episodes | |
| Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus | 1972 | TV Series animator | |
| And Now for Something Completely Different | 1971 | animator | |
| A Christmas Night with the Stars | 1969 | TV Series animations - 1 episode | |
| Storytime | 1968 | Short animator | |
| Do Not Adjust Your Set | 1968 | TV Series animator - 1 episode | |
| We Have Ways of Making You Laugh | 1968 | TV Series animator - 1968 |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | 2018 | post-production | |
| The Zero Theorem | 2013 | ||
| The Wholly Family | 2011 | Short | |
| The Legend of Hallowdega | 2010 | Short | |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | 2009 | ||
| Tideland | 2005 | ||
| The Brothers Grimm | 2005 | ||
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 1998 | ||
| Twelve Monkeys | 1995 | ||
| The Fisher King | 1991 | ||
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | 1988 | ||
| Brazil | 1985 | ||
| The Crimson Permanent Assurance | 1983 | Short | |
| The Meaning of Life | 1983 | animation and special sequence | |
| Time Bandits | 1981 | ||
| Jabberwocky | 1977 | ||
| Miracle of Flight | 1975 | Short | |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | ||
| Storytime | 1968 | Short |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benvenuto Cellini | 2015 | TV Movie directed for the stage by | |
| Terry Gilliam's Benvenuto Cellini - English National Opera | 2014 | directed for the stage by | |
| The Damnation of Faust | 2011 | TV Movie directed for the stage by | |
| Idiots and Angels | 2008 | presenter | |
| Stranger Than Fiction | 2006 | footage: Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" courtesy of | |
| Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl | 1982 | Documentary stage director - as Monty Python | |
| And Now for Something Completely Different | 1971 | presenter - as Monty Python | |
| Cry of the Banshee | 1970 | title designer | |
| Hark at Barker | 1969 | TV Series caricatures - 8 episodes | |
| We Have Ways of Making You Laugh | 1968 | TV Series cartoonist |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hallucinaut | 2017 | Short executive producer post-production | |
| 1884: Yesterday's Future | consulting producer announced | ||
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | 2009 | producer | |
| The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes | 2005 | executive producer | |
| The Meaning of Life | 1997 | Video Game executive producer | |
| Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time | 1994 | Video Game executive producer | |
| Time Bandits | 1981 | producer | |
| Miracle of Flight | 1975 | Short producer |
Art Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | 2009 | original designs and art direction | |
| Lost in La Mancha | 2002 | Documentary storyboard illustrator | |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen | 1998 | TV Special graphics designer: main titles | |
| Life of Brian | 1979 | design | |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | storyboard artist - uncredited |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | 2009 | lyrics: "We Are The Children Of The World", "We Love Violence" / music: "We Are The Children Of The World" / performer: "We Love Violence" | |
| Tideland | 2005 | writer: "Wash Me in the Blood of Jesus" | |
| Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl | 1982 | Documentary writer: "I've Got Two Legs" |
Production Designer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benvenuto Cellini | 2015 | TV Movie | |
| Terry Gilliam's Benvenuto Cellini - English National Opera | 2014 | ||
| Life of Brian | 1979 |
Art Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | 2009 |
Costume Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brothers Grimm | 2005 | dress pattern maker |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| You Make Me Nervous | 2015 | Short thanks for inspiration | |
| Tommy Oliver and the Fighting Spirit | 2015 | Short inspiration | |
| Chasing 'Time Bandits': An Interview with Terry Gilliam | 2013 | Video short special thanks | |
| Adventures in Plymptoons! | 2011 | Documentary thanks | |
| Tin Can | 2010/I | special thanks | |
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2010 | TV Series dedicatee - 1 episode | |
| Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story | 2009 | Documentary special thanks | |
| The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen | 2008 | Video documentary acknowledgment: archival footage, photos and artwork provided by / special thanks | |
| The Secret Life of Brian | 2007 | TV Movie documentary thanks | |
| Checkpoint Echo | 2006 | Short special thanks | |
| The Aristocrats | 2005 | Documentary very special thanks | |
| Lost in La Mancha | 2002 | Documentary special thanks | |
| Terry Gilliam on Federico Fellini's 8½ | 2001 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| StarCraft | 1998 | Video Game thanks | |
| Reservoir Dogs | 1992 | special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDtalk Extra | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Mark Lawson Talks to... | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tout le monde en parle | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Waratte iitomo! | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Monty Python's Personal Best | 2006 | TV Series | Himself / Various Characters |
| The 50 Greatest Comedy Films | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Unseen Spike Milligan | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Breakfast | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Frank Skinner Show | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| Comme au cinéma | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself (Interview) |
| El Magacine | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Getting Gilliam | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| Animation Nation | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Britain's 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Nos Zamis Lé Hyens | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Comedy Connections | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Terryho dotocná | 2004 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Brits Go to Hollywood | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Concert for George | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself Second Barber Mountie |
| The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life' | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself |
| 29th Telluride Film Festival Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, 2002: Terry Gilliam Interviewed by Salman Rushdie | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Breakfast with Hunter | 2003 | Documentary | Himself |
| Hunter Goes to Hollywood | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Forever Ealing | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
| Festival Pass with Chris Gore | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| + de cinéma | 2002 | TV Series documentary short | Himself |
| Lost in La Mancha | 2002 | Documentary | Himself - Writer & Director |
| Terry Gilliam on Federico Fellini's 8½ | 2001 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| From Spam to Sperm | 2000 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Omnibus | 1976-2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Directors | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Trigger Happy TV | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Pythonland | 1999 | TV Movie | Himself |
| 30 Years of Monty Python, a Revelation | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Ruby | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 1998 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 1996-1998 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen | 1998 | TV Special | Himself / Various Roles |
| The Battle of Brazil: A Video History | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Late Jonathan Ross | 1996 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 1995 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Beatles: All Together Now | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Anti Gravity Room | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Last Machine | 1995 | TV Series | Presenter |
| Danny Baker After All | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| Naked Hollywood | 1991 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| First Bite | 1991 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
| Life of Python | 1990 | TV Special documentary | Himself / Various Roles |
| The Movie Life of George | 1989 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Around the World in 80 Days | 1989 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python | 1989 | TV Special | Himself (cameo) / Various Roles (achive footage) |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1982-1989 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Media Show | 1988 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Def II | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross | 1987 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| What Is Brazil? | 1985 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Apropos Film | 1985 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Secret Policeman's Private Parts | 1984 | Documentary | Himself |
| Cinématon | 1984 | Documentary | Participant |
| The Meaning of Monty Python's Meaning of Life | 1983 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Clapper Board | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| Les rendez-vous du dimanche | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| Friday Night, Saturday Morning | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Pleasure at Her Majesty's | 1976 | TV Movie documentary | Various |
| Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report | 1974 | TV Short documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Midnight Special | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | 1972 | TV Series | Himself / Knight with Chicken |
| The Last Days of Edward Gorey | Documentary post-production | Terry Gilliam | |
| Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox | 2017 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Director & Animator |
| Under the Radar: The Mike Edmonds Story | 2016/I | Documentary | Himself |
| Love Bite: Laurie Lipton and Her Disturbing Black & White Drawings | 2016 | Short | Himself |
| Botticelli's Venus: The Making of an Icon | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Director and Animator |
| ¡Atención obras! | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Tavis Smiley | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Sean Connery: In His Own Words | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Film Adventurer Karel Zeman | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| Vespre a la 2 | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinema 3 | 2000-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Monty Python: The Meaning of Live | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Culture Show: Rankin Shoots Rembrandt | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Colbert Report | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Imagine | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Newsnight | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sunday AM | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Kumars | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Meaning of Monty Python | 2013 | Video documentary | Himself |
| 61º Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián - Gala de inauguración | 2013 | TV Special | Himself |
| Chasing 'Time Bandits': An Interview with Terry Gilliam | 2013 | Video short | Himself |
| Münchhausen - Die Geschichte einer Lüge | 2013 | TV Movie | Himself |
| In Confidence | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest |
| Anatomy of a Liar | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| For No Good Reason | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| Arena | 1994-2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
| Too Young to Die | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Evening Urgant | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Cricklewood Greats | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Ebert Presents: At the Movies | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Festival Honoree |
| Movie Kingdom | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Film '72 | 2005-2011 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - 40th birthday item |
| The 2011 European Film Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Himself - Winner European Film Academy Short Film 2011 |
| Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan | 2011 | Documentary | Himself - Director of Brazil |
| 55th BFI London Film Festival | 2011 | TV Special | Himself |
| The One Show | 2009-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| George Harrison: Living in the Material World | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood's Best Film Directors | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee / Film Director |
| Adventures in Plymptoons! | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Late Review | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Calendar | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Dante Ferretti: Scenografo italiano | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Terry et ses petits tracas | 2010 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Moving Pictures Live! | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Janela Indiscreta | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| In Conversation | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Sodankylä ikuisesti | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Diabolo's Workshop | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Made in Hollywood | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Fabulous Picture Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Hour | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Not the Messiah: The Road to the Albert Hall | 2009 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Días de cine | 1992-2009 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut | 2009 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Xposé | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Monty Python Almost the Truth Obligatory Making of Special | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
| España, plató de cine | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Festival international de Cannes | 2001-2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Morning | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Honoree |
| Movie Connections | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself - Director & Writer |
| British Film Forever | 2007 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Buenafuente | 2007 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Making of 'Tideland' | 2007 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Richard & Judy | 2007 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Secret Life of Brian | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Jools's Hootenanny | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Space Top 10 Countdown | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Na plovárne | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| The South Bank Show | 1991-2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| HypaSpace | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comedy Gold: TV Funniest Ever Sketches | 2017 | TV Movie | |
| The Seventies | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2010-2014 | TV Series | Patsy Old Man from Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) Jailer |
| Vivement dimanche | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself (uncredited) |
| Morir de humor | 2008 | TV Movie | |
| What the Pythons Did Next... | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Various Characters (uncredited) |
| Ceremonia de clausura | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| El Magacine | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinema mil | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Timeshift | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Monty Python |
| The Sketch Show Story | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Various Characters |
| John Cleese & Anders Lund Madsen | 1999 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time | 1994 | Video Game | Various |
| Funny Business | 1992 | TV Series documentary | |
| Memories of 1970-1991 | 1991 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus | 1972 | TV Series | Animated Pervert |
Awards
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Special Award | Venice Film Festival | ||
| 2014 | Honorary Award | Gijón International Film Festival | ||
| 2013 | Winsor McCay Award | Annie Awards | ||
| 2013 | Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters | Order of Arts and Letters, France | On November 13, 2013. | |
| 2013 | Future Film Festival Digital Award - Special Mention | Venice Film Festival | The Zero Theorem (2013) | |
| 2011 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | European Short Film | The Wholly Family (2011) |
| 2009 | Academy Fellowship | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film | |
| 2009 | Special Award | Camerimage | Director with Unique Visual Sensitivity | |
| 2008 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Dubai International Film Festival | ||
| 2007 | Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award | Art Directors Guild | ||
| 2005 | Leopard of Honor | Locarno International Film Festival | ||
| 2005 | FIPRESCI Prize | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Tideland (2005) | |
| 2005 | Visionary Award | Stockholm Film Festival | ||
| 2003 | Capri Legend Award | Capri, Hollywood | ||
| 2000 | Time-Machine Honorary Award | Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | ||
| 1997 | Empire Award | Empire Awards, UK | Best Director | Twelve Monkeys (1995) |
| 1991 | People's Choice Award | Toronto International Film Festival | The Fisher King (1991) | |
| 1991 | Silver Lion | Venice Film Festival | The Fisher King (1991) | |
| 1991 | Little Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | The Fisher King (1991) | |
| 1985 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Brazil (1985) |
| 1985 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay | Brazil (1985) |
| 1970 | Special Award | BAFTA Awards | Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Politiken's Audience Award | CPH PIX | The Zero Theorem (2013) | |
| 2013 | Jury Prize | Austin Fantastic Fest | Best Film | The Zero Theorem (2013) |
| 2013 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | The Zero Theorem (2013) | |
| 2009 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Art Direction & Production Design | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) |
| 2009 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Original Song | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) |
| 2005 | Golden Seashell | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Tideland (2005) | |
| 2005 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | The Brothers Grimm (2005) | |
| 1998 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) | |
| 1996 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Director | Twelve Monkeys (1995) |
| 1996 | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | |
| 1996 | Hugo | Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation | Twelve Monkeys (1995) |
| 1992 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Director - Motion Picture | The Fisher King (1991) |
| 1992 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Director | The Fisher King (1991) |
| 1992 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | The Fisher King (1991) |
| 1991 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | The Fisher King (1991) | |
| 1990 | Hugo | Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) |
| 1986 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Brazil (1985) |
| 1986 | Hugo | Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation | Brazil (1985) |
| 1984 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Short Film | The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983) |
| 1983 | International Fantasy Film Award | Fantasporto | Best Film | Time Bandits (1981) |
| 1982 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Director | Time Bandits (1981) |
| 1982 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Writing | Time Bandits (1981) |
| 1982 | Hugo | Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation | Time Bandits (1981) |
| 1976 | Hugo | Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | The Fisher King (1991) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" | Berlin International Film Festival | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | |
| 1986 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Screenplay | Brazil (1985) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
