Biography
Derek Meddings (15 January 1931 – 10 September 1995) was a British film and television special effects designer. He was initially noted for his work on the "Supermarionation" TV puppet series produced by Gerry Anderson, and later for the 1970s and 1980s James Bond and Superman film series.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).

GoldenEye
1995
Visual Effects Director
When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world...

The World of James Bond
1995
Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in with the seventeenth Bond film, GoldenEye.

Germinal
1993
Special Effects Coordinator
It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, ...

Hudson Hawk
1991
Special Effects Supervisor
Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the...

Batman
1989
Visual Effects
Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.

High Spirits
1988
Visual Effects Director
When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunte...

Apprentice to Murder
1988
Special Effects
Pennsylvania, 1928. Billy Kelly, a sixteen-year old boy, meets a mysterious traveler claiming he's the messenger of God. Falling under under the spell...

Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987
Special Effects Technician
Under the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land where his real father is the King. In that country...

Spies Like Us
1985
as Dr. Stinson
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

Spies Like Us
1985
Visual Effects Supervisor
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

Countdown to Disaster
1982
Visual Effects Director
International Rescue sends the incredible Thunderbirds on the most dangerous rescue missions yet. They must save the Empire State Building from collap...

For Your Eyes Only
1981
Visual Effects Supervisor
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructi...

Invaders from the Deep
1981
Visual Effects Director
A compilation of four episodes from the Supermarionation series Stingray. When aquatic aliens plot to take over the planet, the world aquanaut securit...

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
1981
Visual Effects Director
A compilation of four episodes from the Supermarionation series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Captain Scarlet and the members of Spectrum battle ...

The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
1981
Visual Effects Director
A remarkable invention turns a nine-year-old boy named Joe into a secret agent with super-powers and plunges him into a sensational career.

Superman II
1980
Visual Effects
Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop t...

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray
1980
Visual Effects
Adventures of the super-sub Stingray and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol and their battles against Titan, leader of the underwater city of Titanica...

Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
1980
Visual Effects Director
A compilation of four episodes from the Supermarionation series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, with a new opening sequence, new special effects, a...

Moonraker
1979
Visual Effects Director
After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the co...

Superman
1978
Modeling, Visual Effects Director
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the ne...

The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Visual Effects Director
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as Jame...

Aces High
1976
Special Effects
The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By...

Shout at the Devil
1976
Visual Effects
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battl...

The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
Visual Effects
Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths wit...

The Land That Time Forgot
1974
Special Effects Supervisor
During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British passenger ship and takes the survivors aboard. After getting lost in fog, the submarine surfaces n...

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974
Special Effects Assistant
The Third Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find it has been evacuated because dinosaurs have appeared mysteriously. It turns out the dinosau...

Live and Let Die
1973
Special Effects
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big...

Fear Is the Key
1972
Special Effects
A deep-sea salvage expert enacts an elaborate plan to infiltrate and take revenge on a criminal organization that dealt him a foul misdeed.

Z.P.G.
1972
Special Effects
In the not too distant future, an overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with thei...

Doppelgänger
1969
Visual Effects Director
A planet is discovered in the same orbit as Earth's but is located on the exact opposite side of the sun, making it not visible from Earth. The Europe...

Thunderbird 6
1968
Visual Effects Director
The International Rescue team is faced with one of its toughest challenges yet, as the revolutionary lighter-than-air craft Skyship One is hijacked wh...

Thunderbirds Are GO
1966
Visual Effects Director
When the launch of a mission to Mars goes awry due to sabotage, International Rescue is requested to assist in the mission's second attempt.