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Alan Pattillo

Known For
Editing

Known Credits
1

Gender
Male

Birthday
July 17, 1929 (96 years old)

Place of Birth
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Alan Pattillo

Biography

Alan Huchison Pattillo (17 July 1929 – 16 January 2020) was a British writer and director who worked on Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, and Thunderbirds television series. He won an Emmy in 1979 alongside Bill Blunden for his film editing on All Quiet on the Western Front.

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. 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!).

Aside from his work on Gerry Anderson projects, Pattillo had a varied career in the film industry. He provided the story for a 1967 Diana Rigg era The Avengers episode The Bird Who Knew Too Much, which The Times television review noted as being "quite striking". Pattillo worked as the sound editor on Nicolas Roeg's Performance (1970) and again worked with the director as film editor on Walkabout (1971). He was the sound effects editor on Alan Parker's Pink Floyd: The Wall (1979). His work on All Quiet on the Western Front (also 1979), saw him awarded an Emmy for film editing, an award he shared with Bill Blunden. He later worked as associate editor on the film Gandhi (1982) directed by Richard Attenborough.

Known For

Directing

2025Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City...Director
2022Presented in Supercolorisation...Director
2016HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition...Director
1983Terrahawks...Director
1980Thunderbirds to the Rescue...Director
1980The Incredible Voyage of Stingray...Director
1972Nobody Ordered Love...Second Unit Director
1965Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky...Director
1965Thunderbirds...Director
1964Stingray...Director
1962Fireball XL5...Director
1961Supercar...Director

Editing

1993Cyborg Cop...Editor
1990A Little Piece of Sunshine...Editor
1990Death Has a Bad Reputation...Editor
1989Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story...Assistant Editor
1986The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story...Editor
1985Deceptions...Editor
1985The Corsican Brothers...Editor
1984Camille...Editor
1984Master of the Game...Editor
1982Gandhi...Associate Editor
1979All Quiet on the Western Front...Editor
1979The Music Machine...Editor
1978Game of Death...Editor
1978The Boys in Company C...Editor
1975Paper Tiger...Editor
1975Space: 1999...Editor
1974Open Season...Editor
1973The Man Called Noon...Editor
1972Innocent Bystanders...Editor
1972Straight On Till Morning...Editor
1972Nobody Ordered Love...Editor
1972The Fiend...Editor
1971Walkabout...Editor

Sound

1982Pink Floyd: The Wall...Sound Effects Editor
1982Britannia Hospital...Sound Effects Editor
1978The Odd Job...Sound Editor
1970Performance....Sound Editor
1968The Birthday Party...Sound Editor
1967How I Won the War...Sound Editor
1959Killers of Kilimanjaro...Sound Editor

Writing

1970UFO...Writer
1967Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons...Writer
1966Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!...Writer
1965Thunderbirds...Writer
1961The Avengers...Writer

Acting

2007Stand by for Actionas Self