Derek Meddings (15 January 1931–10 September 1995) was a British television and cinema special effects expert, initially noted for his work on the "Supermarionation" television puppet series produced by Gerry Anderson.
His first work with Anderson was as the uncredited art assistant on Anderson's first puppet series, Torchy the Battery Boy , produced in 1957. He is credited with the special effects in Anderson's 1960 and 1962 series Supercar and Fireball XL5, being elevated to special effects director on 1963's Stingray and special effects supervisor on 1964's Thunderbirds, where he was responsible for the design of the Thunderbirds craft. He was visual effects supervisor for all the Anderson puppet series of the late 1960s (Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, The Secret Service) and also on Anderson's first live-action series UFO.
in the 1970s he developed his career by working on the special effects for the James Bond movies The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, and Moonraker, going on later to work on For Your Eyes Only and GoldenEye, on which he was working at the time of his death. He also worked on various Superman movies, The Neverending Story II and III, Batman, Hudson Hawk and other movies.
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