HandMade Films HandMade Films HandMade Films is a British film production and distribution company. Notable films from the studio include "Monty Python's Life of Brian", "Time Bandits" and "Withnail and I". HandMade Films was formed by former Beatle George Harrison and business partner Denis O'Brien in 1978 to finance the Monty Python film "Life of Brian". Harrison had first been introduced to O'Brien by actor Peter Sellers in 1973. Soon after, the two went into business together. When the original financiers of "Brian", EMI Films, pulled out of the project less than a week before filming was to commence, the creators had
Terry Jones innovative, surreal structure, in which sketches flowed from one to the next without the use of punchlines. He made his directorial debut with the team's first film, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", which he co-directed with Gilliam, and also directed the subsequent Python films, "Life of Brian" and "The Meaning of Life". After Python, Jones' most well-known television project was the anthology series "Ripping Yarns", which he co-created and co-wrote with Palin. He also wrote an early draft of Jim Henson's 1986 film "Labyrinth", though little of his work remained in the final cut. He is a fairly well-respected