Derek Meddings
Born: 1931-01-15 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK
Died: 1995-09-10
Known For: Visual Effects
Biography
Derek Meddings (15 January 1931 – 10 September 1995) was a British film and television special effects designer. He was initially noted for his work on the "Supermarionation" TV puppet series produced by Gerry Anderson, and later for the 1970s and 1980s James Bond and Superman film series.
Filmography
2025
- Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City ... (Visual Effects Director)
2022
- Thunderbirds 55/GOGO ... (Visual Effects)
2020
- Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes ... (Visual Effects)
2014
- This Is Supermarionation ... (Visual Effects Director)
2008
- Stingray: The Reunion Party ... (Visual Effects Director)
- All About 'Thunderbirds' as (archive footage)
2006
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut ... (Visual Effects)
1995
- GoldenEye ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
- The World of James Bond as Self
1993
- Germinal ... (Special Effects Coordinator)
1991
- Hudson Hawk ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
1989
- Batman ... (Visual Effects)
1988
- High Spirits ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Apprentice to Murder ... (Special Effects)
1987
- Mio in the Land of Faraway ... (Special Effects Technician)
1985
- Spies Like Us as Dr. Stinson
1983
- Krull ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
1982
- Countdown to Disaster ... (Visual Effects Director)
1981
- For Your Eyes Only ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Invaders from the Deep ... (Visual Effects Director)
- The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds in Outer Space ... (Visual Effects Director)
1980
- Superman II ... (Visual Effects)
- The Incredible Voyage of Stingray ... (Visual Effects)
- Invasion: UFO ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds to the Rescue ... (Visual Effects Director)
1979
- Moonraker ... (Visual Effects Director)
1978
- Superman ... (Modeling)
1977
- The Spy Who Loved Me ... (Visual Effects Director)
1976
- Shout at the Devil ... (Visual Effects)
- Aces High ... (Special Effects)
1974
- The Man with the Golden Gun ... (Visual Effects)
- The Land That Time Forgot ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
- Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs ... (Special Effects Assistant)
1973
- Live and Let Die ... (Special Effects)
1972
- Fear Is the Key ... (Special Effects)
- Z.P.G. ... (Special Effects)
1970
- UFO ... (Visual Effects Director)
1969
- Doppelgänger ... (Visual Effects Director)
1968
- Joe 90 ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbird 6 ... (Visual Effects Director)
1967
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ... (Visual Effects Director)
1966
- Thunderbirds Are GO ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: The Imposters ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5 ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Security Hazard ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: City of Fire ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators! ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Lord Parker's 'Oliday ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Path of Destruction ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion ... (Visual Effects Director)
1965
- Thunderbirds ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: End of The Road ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Vault of Death ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Sun Probe ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: The Uninvited ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky ... (Visual Effects Director)
1964
- Stingray ... (Visual Effects Director)
1963
- Doctor Who ... (Special Effects)
1962
- Fireball XL5 ... (Visual Effects Director)