Monty Python And The Holy Grail

Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Time Bandits , Brazil , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys . Although he is the only... "Python" not born in Britain, he gained British citizenship in 1968. Gilliam was born in Medicine Lake, Minnesota, the son of Beatrice and James Hall Gilliam, who was a traveling salesman for Folgers before becoming a carpenter. Gilliam has two siblings: a sister two years younger, and a brother ten years younger. The family moved to Panorama City, California, in 1952 because of his sister's bout of pneumonia. Gilliam attended Birmingham High School where he was class president and senior prom King, was voted "Most Likely to Succeed", and achieved straight As. During high school, he discovered Mad magazine, which was then edited by Harvey Kurtzman; this later influenced his work. Following high school, he attended Occidental College, studying physics and fine arts before finally majoring in political science.
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Terence Graham Parry Jones is a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political commentator and TV documentary host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team. Jones was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales. He was educated at the... Royal Grammar School in Guildford , where he was head boy in the academic year 1960-1; he graduated in English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. While there, he performed comedy with Michael Palin, among others, in The Oxford Revue. The first recorded instance of Terry Jones and Michael Palin working together professionally occurred when Terry was on a writing course Sarah Miles pulled out, so Terry employed Michael. He also wrote for Roy Hudd about this time. Jones appeared in Twice a Fortnight with Palin, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Jonathan Lynn, as well as in The Complete and Utter History of Britain.
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