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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-p…
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- Thunderbirds (1965) Director
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967) Director
- Stingray (1964) Director
- Joe 90 (1968) Director
- Terrahawks (1983) Director
- Thunderbirds 55/GOGO (2022) Teleplay
- Supercar (1961) Director
- Voyage of the Damned (1976) Editor
- Presented in Supercolorisation (2022) Director
- Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes (2020) Teleplay
- Stand by for Action (2007) as Self
- Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker (1966) Director
- Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep (1966) Director
- Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact (1965) Director
- Thunderbirds: The Imposters (1966) Director
- A Taste of Money (1960) Editor
- Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive (1965) Director
- Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno (1966) Director
- Inside the Labyrinth (1986) Director
- Thunderbirds: Security Hazard (1966) Director
- Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope (1965) Director
- Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million (1966) Director
- Date at Midnight (1960) Editor
- Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons (1980) Director
- Thunderbirds: The Uninvited (1965) Director
- Countdown to Disaster (1982) Director
- HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition (2016) Director
- So Evil, So Young (1961) Editor
- Thunderbirds to the Rescue (1980) Director
- Tarnished Heroes (1961) Editor
- Filmed in Supermarionation (2014) as Self
- Rx Murder (1958) Editor
- Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril (1965) Director
- Invaders from the Deep (1981) Director
- A Woman's Temptation (1959) Editor
- Terrahawks: Expect the Unexpected (1983) Director
- The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 (1981) Director
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Most-watched Desmond Saunders films currently: Thunderbirds 55/GOGO (2022), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker (1966), Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep (1966), Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact (1965).
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Selected TV credits: Thunderbirds (1965), Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967), Stingray (1964), Joe 90 (1968), Terrahawks (1983).
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