Directing
Nov 15, 1984
Stephen La Rivière
Directing
Biography
Stephen La Rivière (born November 1984) is a British film producer, writer and actor based in London. His directorial work includes the feature-length documentary Filmed in Supermarionation (2014), based on his book of the same name (2009). The film led to the creation of three new Thunderbirds episodes entitled Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes, as well as filmed inserts for the ITV drama Endeavour (2019) and a farewell documentary about the former AP Films studios, Century 21, Slough (2019). During the Covid-19 lockdown of 2020, he co-created and directed a new Supermarionation inspired series Nebula-75 for which he also performed voices.
Feature Films (2)
The opener (and only episode, later restored as a short) for an unfinished third series finds a group of detectives assembled in Paris, where they're bumped off in the manner of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians). Copyrighted in 1988, but unreleased until 2014, when it surfaced on The Lost Worlds of Gerry Anderson DVD. It was later included as a bonus feature on the 2017 Dick Spanner DVD set.
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Missing Episode
Lady Penelope and Parker pursue a pair of criminals who have been robbing stately homes of their valuables to the Tower of London, which they intend to blow up after taking the Crown Jewels.
Thunderbirds 1965: The Stately Homes Robberies
Television & Series (1)
‘Nebula-75' is a new puppet lockdown drama made entirely during confinement in 2020 using only existing puppets and materials. Filmed in Supermarionation, it follows in the tradition of 'Thunderbirds', 'Stingray' and 'Fireball-XL5' while at the same time also being filmed in SuperIsolation and Lo-Budget! 'Nebula-75' charts the exploits of Commander Ray Neptune and the crew of the spaceship NEBULA-75 as they make their way across the stars, encountering strange worlds and forms of life hitherto unknown by mankind. It has been created and produced by a small group of filmmakers during the British lockdown of 2020.