Terry Gilliam Film Festival, held in the nearby town of Montone. Gilliam also resides in Highgate, London. On 8 September 2015, "Variety" mistakenly published a false obituary claiming that Gilliam died. In May 2018, Gilliam suffered a perforated medullary artery that was erroneously reported in the media as a stroke. As director: Terry Gilliam Terrence Vance Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor, comedian and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam has directed 12 feature films, including "Time Bandits" (1981), "Brazil" (1985), "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988), "The Fisher King"
Monty Python Each member has pursued various film, television, and stage projects since the break-up of the group, but often continued to work with one another. Many of these collaborations were very successful, most notably "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988), written by Cleese, in which he starred along with Palin. The pair also appeared in "Time Bandits" (1981), a film directed by Gilliam, who wrote it together with Palin. Gilliam directed "Jabberwocky" (1977), and also directed and co-wrote "Brazil" (1985), which featured Palin, and "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988), which featured Idle. "Yellowbeard" (1983) was co-written by Chapman and featured Chapman,