Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam (born November 22, 1940, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.) is an American-born director, writer, comedian, and actor who first achieved fame as a member of the British comedy troupe Monty Python. While a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Gilliam began working on the student humor magazine Fang, eventually becoming its editor. After graduating with a B.A. in political science (1962), Gilliam sent copies of Fang to Harvey Kurtzman, the editor of Help!, a...