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 Brazil , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys . The... only "Python" not born in Britain, he took 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. The family moved to Panorama City, California, in 1952. Gilliam attended Birmingham High School where he was class president and senior prom King, was voted "Most Likely to Succeed", and achieved straight A's. During high school, he began to avidly read Mad magazine, which was then edited by Harvey Kurtzman; this later influenced his work. Gilliam later spoke to Salman Rushdie about defining experiences in the 1960s that would set the foundations for his views on the world, later influencing his art and career: Terry Gilliam started his career as an animator and strip cartoonist.
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Terence Graham Parry Jones is a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, political commentator, and TV host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team. Jones was born in Colwyn Bay, Wales. The family home was named "Bodchwil". His father was... stationed with the RAF in India. When Jones was four-and-a-half, the family moved to Surrey. Jones was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Guildford, where he was head boy in the 1960-61 academic year. He read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, but "strayed into history". He graduated with a 2:1. While there, he performed comedy with future Monty Python castmate Michael Palin in The Oxford Revue. Jones appeared in Twice a Fortnight with Palin, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Jonathan Lynn, as well as the television series The Complete and Utter History of Britain . He appeared in Do Not Adjust Your Set with Palin, Eric Idle and David Jason. He wrote for The Frost Report and several other David Frost programmes on British television. Along with Palin, he wrote lyrics for the 1968 Barry Booth album "Diversions".
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