Ian Scoones

Ian Scoones
Born	Ian H. T. Scoones February 20th, 1940 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Died	January 20th, 2010 (aged 69)
Occupation	Special effects director

Ian Scoones (February 20th, 1940 - January 20th, 2010) was a special effects director on Thunderbirds season 1. He later worked on season 2 - Path Of Destruction and Atlantic Inferno at least - as a special effects technician and/or uncredited special effects director.

In 1970, he joined the BBC and worked on Monty Python and Doctor Who. He continued to work in the film industry until the mid-1990s, at which point he retired and subsequently lived abroad.

Ian Scoones c. 2000s

Scoones gave invaluable help with research for the 1993 book 21st Century Visions. He also helped with aspects of Thunderbirds: The Vault's research.

Following a period of ill health, Scoones died on 20 January 2010 at the age of 69. He had been battling liver cancer prior to his death.

Gallery

Ian Scoones with Thunderbird 2

Another photograph of Ian Scoones with a large-scale model of Thunderbird 2

Ian Scoones (at top on right) on the set of End Of The Road

A photograph of Ian Scoones (second on left) and others on the set of The Man from MI.5

Ian Scoones (in centre) holding a fan on the set of Atlantic Inferno

Ian Scoones (on right in foreground) and Ian Wingrove (in background) with Crablogger on the set of Path of Destruction

Ian Scoones (right) and Jimmy Elliott (left) with Crablogger on the set of Path of Destruction

Another photograph of Ian Scoones (left) and Jimmy Elliott (right) with Crablogger on the set of Path of Destruction

Trivia

• He first worked for Gerry Anderson on Thunderbirds in the 1960s. Scoones later worked for Anderson as a special effects director on the 1980s TV show Terrahawks, however they fell out during production and Scoones was replaced.

External Links

• Ian Scoones at the Internet Movie Database