Terrence Vance Terry Gilliam born November 22 1940 is an AmericanBritish screenwriter film director animator actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe Subsequent to his early work with the Pythons Gilliam became known for directing fantasy and scifi films including Time Bandits 1981 Brazil 1985 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988 The Fisher King 1991 12 Monkeys 1995 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 2009 He is the only Python not born in Britain he took British citizenship in 1968