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Derek Meddings (1931–1995)

Special Effects | Visual Effects | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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(age 64) in London, England, UK
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1991 Hudson Hawk (special effects supervisor)
 
1988 Apprentice to Murder (special effects)
 
1987 Mio in the Land of Faraway (special effects)
 
1983 Banzaï (special effects cameraman, special effects supervisor)
 
1981 Invaders from the Deep (director of special effects)
 
1976 Aces High (special effects)
 
1975 The Land That Time Forgot (special effects supervisor)
 
1974 Doctor Who (TV series) (special effects - 1 episode)
– Invasion: Part One (1974) (special effects - uncredited)
 
1973 Live and Let Die (special effects)
 
1972 Fear Is the Key (special effects)
 
1972 Z.P.G. (special effects)
 
1970-1971 UFO (TV series) (special effects - 4 episodes, 1970-1971) (special effects director - 2 episodes, 1970-1971)
– Ordeal (1971) (special effects)
– Timelash (1971) (special effects director)
– The Dalotek Affair (1971) (special effects)
– The Psychobombs (1970) (special effects director)
– A Question of Priorities (1970) (special effects)
See all 6 episodes »
 
Thunderbirds (TV series) (supervising special effects director - 31 episodes, 1965-1966) (special effects director - 1 episode, 1965)
– Give or Take a Million (1966) (supervising special effects director)
– Ricochet (1966) (supervising special effects director)
– Lord Parker's 'Oliday (1966) (supervising special effects director)
– Alias Mr. Hackenbacker (1966) (supervising special effects director)
– Path of Destruction (1966) (supervising special effects director)
See all 32 episodes »
 
1964-1965 Stingray (TV series) (special effects director - 5 episodes)
– Marineville Traitor (1965) (special effects director)
– Treasure Down Below (1965) (special effects director)
– The Big Gun (1965) (special effects director)
– Subterranean Sea (1964) (special effects director)
– Stingray (1964) (special effects director)
 
1962-1963 Fireball XL5 (TV series) (special effects - 6 episodes)
– Space Magnet (1963) (special effects)
– Hypnotic Sphere (1963) (special effects)
– The Fire Fighters (1963) (special effects)
– Planet of Platonia (1963) (special effects)
– The Doomed Planet (1962) (special effects)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1961 Supercar (TV series) (special effects)
 
Show ShowVisual Effects (27 titles)
1995 GoldenEye (miniature effects supervisor)
 
1994 The Neverending Story III (visual effects supervisor)
 
1991 Cape Fear (miniature special effects supervisor: The Magic Camera Company)
 
1991 Hudson Hawk (supervisor: visual effects and miniatures, The Magic Camera Company)
 
1990 The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (special visual effects)
 
1989 Batman (special visual effects)
 
1988 High Spirits (special visual effects)
 
1985 Spies Like Us (visual effects supervisor)
 
1985 Santa Claus (director of miniature effects, director of visual effects)
 
1984 Supergirl (special visual effects)
 
1983 Krull (visual effects supervisor)
 
1983 Superman III (additional model effects - uncredited)
 
1981 For Your Eyes Only (visual effects supervisor)
 
1981 Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (TV movie) (supervising director of visual effects)
 
1980 Superman II (director of miniature effects & additional flying sequences)
 
1979 Moonraker (visual effects supervisor)
 
1978 Superman (model effects director & creator)
 
1977 The Spy Who Loved Me (special visual effects)
 
1976 Shout at the Devil (models and special effects)
 
1974 The Man with the Golden Gun (miniatures)
 
UFO (TV series) (visual effects supervisor - 5 episodes, 1970-1971) (visual effect supervisor - 1 episode, 1971)
– Computer Affair (1971) (visual effect supervisor)
– Flight Path (1971) (visual effects supervisor)
– Survival (1971) (visual effects supervisor)
– Close Up (1970) (visual effects supervisor)
– Exposed (1970) (visual effects supervisor)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1969 The Secret Service (TV series) (visual effects director - 1 episode)
– A Case for the Bishop (1969) (visual effects director)
 
1969 Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (visual effects director)
 
1968 Joe 90 (TV series) (supervising visual effects director)
 
1968 Thunderbird 6 (visual effects director)
 
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (TV series) (supervising visual effects director - 20 episodes, 1967-1968) (visual effects supervisor - 8 episodes, 1967)
– The Inquisition (1968) (supervising visual effects director)
– Attack on Cloudbase (1968) (supervising visual effects director)
– Flight to Atlantica (1968) (supervising visual effects director)
– Traitor (1968) (supervising visual effects director)
– Inferno (1968) (supervising visual effects director)
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1966 Thunderbirds Are GO (visual effects director)
 
1988 High Spirits (special effects unit director)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1985 Spies Like Us
Dr. Stinson
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1995 GoldenEye (dedicatee)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2006 Ken Adam's Production Films: Moonraker (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Bond in Greece (video documentary short)
 
1995 GoldenEye: The Secret Files (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1995 The World of James Bond (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 30 Years of James Bond (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Journey to Krull (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1977 Making of James Bond (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Design (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Clapper Board (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 January 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2008 All About 'Thunderbirds' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Derek Meddings: Making It Small in Pictures (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Ken Adam's Production Films: The Spy Who Loved Me (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Inside 'For Your Eyes Only' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Ken Adam: Designing Bond (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Inside 'Moonraker' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 The Men Behind the Mayhem: The Special Effects of James Bond (video documentary short)
Himself
 
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