Alan Pattillo

Alan Huchison Pattillo 17 July 1929 16 January 2020 was a British writer and director who worked on Supercar Fireball XL5 Stingray and Thunderbirds television series He won an Emmy in 1979 alongside Bill Blunden for his film editing on All Quiet on the Western Front During the 1960s Pattillo worked on several Gerry Anderson projects He directed episodes of Four Feather Falls Supercar and Fireball XL5 His work on the latter is regarded as having brought added sophistication to the direction of the series Pattillo then worked again for Anderson on Stingray as director before performing a number of roles on the next series from AP Films For Thunderbirds Pattillo served as script editor director and writer He directed four and wrote seven of the thirtytwo episodes including Attack of the Alligators Aside from his work on Gerry Anderson projects Pattillo had a varied career in the film industry He provided the story for a 1967 Diana Rigg era The Avengers episode The Bird Who Knew Too Much which The Times television review noted as being quite striking Pattillo worked as the sound editor on Nicolas Roegs Performance 1970 and again worked with the director as film editor on Walkabout 1971 He was the sound effects editor on Alan Parkers Pink Floyd The Wall 1979 His work on All Quiet on the Western Front also 1979 saw him awarded an Emmy for film editing an award he shared with Bill Blunden He later worked as associate editor on the film Gandhi 1982 directed by Richard Attenborough