Desmond Saunders
Directing
Born 1926-06-24
Died 2018-04-02
Lewisham, London, England, UK
38 credits
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Desmond "Des" Saunders (24 June 1926– 21 April 2018) was a British television director and film editor.
He had a long association with producer Gerry Anderson, having served as a director for the series Supercar (1961–62), Stingray (1964–65), Thunderbirds (1965–66), Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967–68), Joe 90 (1968–69) and Terrahawks (1983–86). Saunders was also production controller for Joe 90 and co-wrote one of the episodes, "Lone-Handed 90". He briefly worked as a production supervisor for The Secret Service (1969).
Elsewhere in television, Saunders had both production and post-production roles for The Protectors (1972–73).
His film editing credits are: RX for Murder (1958), A Woman's Temptation (1959), Escort for Hire (1960), Compelled (1960), Tarnished Heroes and So Evil, So Young (both 1961) and Voyage of the Damned (1976). He was sound editor for Floods of Fear (1959).
While working on puppet series for Anderson, the A.P. Films team received constant requests to make the puppets more real. Once, Saunders chose all of the male puppets and put little penises on them. When the girls came in during the morning, there was, as Saunders describes, "the most terrible uproar". In response, he said: "Well, you know, you gotta bring them to life somehow, haven't you?".
He died on 21 April 2018 at the age of 91.
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Filmography
Directing
27 credits
Thunderbirds
Stingray
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Supercar
Joe 90
Terrahawks
Presented in Supercolorisation
Thunderbirds: Security Hazard
Inside the Labyrinth
Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep
Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno
Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact
Countdown to Disaster
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Thunderbirds: The Imposters
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
This Is Supermarionation
Thunderbirds: The Uninvited
Terrahawks: Expect the Unexpected
Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril
Invaders from the Deep
Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive
HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition
Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million
Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope
Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker
Other credits
7 credits
Voyage of the Damned
So Evil, So Young
Tarnished Heroes
Date at Midnight
Rx Murder
A Woman's Temptation
A Taste of Money
Writing
3 credits
Acting
2 credits
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