Derek Meddings

Derek Meddings
Information
Born	15 January 1931
Died	September 10th 1995
Nationality	British
Occupation	Miniature model creator and Visual effects
Years active	1973-1995
First project	Live and Let Die (film)
Last project	GoldenEye (film)

Derek Meddings was the miniature model and Special effects team leader for a lot of the James Bond movies and created many of the amazing models and filming the explosions in the seen in various films. He previously worked on the hugely successful Gerry Anderson puppet shows e.g. Thunderbirds before working on the Bond films.

Personal life

Derek Meddings was born in St Pancras, London, England. Both Meddings' parents had worked in the British film industry.

At the time of his death from colorectal cancer in 1995, Meddings was engaged in post-production on his final Bond film Goldeneye on which his sons Mark and Elliott, James (born May 1973) also worked. A dedication in the credits of the completed film reads "To the memory of Derek Meddings".

Gallery

Derek with his famous Bond film models.

Behind the scenes of Goldeneye

Goldeneye behind the scenes

Liparus model created by Derek's team.

Derek (Far right) with his Atlantis model

Derek with his Soviet Missile train model.

Lotus Espirit miniature model created by Derek's team.

Derek's team's Moonraker miniature.

Miniature model of Scaramanga's base.

Moonraker factory miniature model.

Goldeneye Antenna miniature model.

EMP helicopter miniature model.

GoldenEye Jet miniature model

GoldenEye sateillite miniature model

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