Gerry Anderson – a life in pictures The British director behind puppet TV shows Thunderbirds, Stingray and Captain Scarlet has died aged 83 Tweet Gerry Anderson on set in 2009 Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi The four directors of AP Studios, (left to right) John Read, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and Reg Hill, with a model of the Stingray submarine Photograph: Chris Ware/Getty Images Gerry and Sylvia Anderson with a model Of Troy Tempest in 1966Photograph: RG Balkham/Rex Features Photograph: RG BALKHAM / Rex Features/Rex Features Gerry Anderson on the set of Captain Scarlet and the Spectrum in 1967 Photograph: John Knoote/Rex Features Gerry and Sylvia Anderson with some of their puppet creations in 1967Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CorbisS Gerry Anderson filming UFO Identified with and Ayshea Brough in 1970 Photograph: ITV/Rex Features Gerry and Sylvia Anderson on the set of Space 1999 - Earthbound with Barbara Bain in 1976Photograph: ITV/Rex Features Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/ITV/Rex Features Gerry Anderson with Thunderbirds characters Alan, Scott and Virgil at Hamley's toy shop in 2000 Photograph: Haydn West/PA Archive Gerry Anderson with Captain Scarlet puppet models in 2000 Photograph: Rex Features Gerry Anderson with the puppets Parker and Lady Penelope at a 2001 auction Photograph: Dave Caulkin/Associated Press Gerry Anderson with memorabilia at a 2009 auction at Battersea Arts Centre Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi Gerry Anderson with Brains from Thunderbirds in 2010 Photograph: Alamy Gerry Anderson at the SFX Weekender in 2010 Photograph: SFX Magazine/Getty The Royal Mail's 2011 stamp collection FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson Photograph: Handout/PA