Stephen La Rivière
Director · b. 1984
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.
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TVSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure‘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.
Nebula-75
2020