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

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Thunderbirds'' television series. He won an

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in 1979 alongside

Bill Blunden Bill Blunden (3 December 1934 – 3 January 2018) was a British television and film editor. Selected filmography * ''Shalako'' (1968) * '' A Touch of Love'' (1969) * ''The Mind of Mr. Soames'' (1970) * '' The Night Visitor'' (1971) * '' Baffled ...

for his

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on '' All Quiet on the Western Front''. Pattillo died in January 2020 at the age of 90 from complications of

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Career

During the 1960s, Pattillo worked on several

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projects. He directed episodes of ''

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'', ''

'' and ''

''. 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 ''

'' as director, before performing a number of roles on the next series from

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. For '' Thunderbirds'' Pattillo served as

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, and writer. He directed four and wrote seven of the thirty-two episodes (including ''

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

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era '' The Avengers'' episode '' The Bird Who Knew Too Much'', which ''

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'' television review noted as being "quite striking".R. W. Cooper. "Birds at centre of espionage." Times ondon, England11 February 1967: 13. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 2 September 2016. Pattillo worked as the sound editor on

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's ''

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'' (1970) and again worked with the director as film editor on ''

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'' (1971). He was the sound effects editor on

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's '' Pink Floyd: The Wall'' (1979). His work on '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (also 1979), saw him awarded an

for

, an award he shared with

. He later worked as

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on the film ''

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'' (1982) directed by

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References

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