Ian MacNaughton

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Edward Ian Macnaughton 30 December 1925 10 December 2002 was a Scottish former actorturnedtelevision producerdirector best known for his work with the Monty Python team He was born and brought up in Glasgow educated at Strathallan School and died in a car accident in Munich Serving as both director and producer of Monty Pythons Flying Circus MacNaughton also directed the teams first film And Now For Something Completely Different and their German special Monty Pythons Fliegender Zirkus In 1979 he made the short movie Le Pétomane about farting artist Joseph Pujol starring Leonard Rossiter He also was the producer of Spike Milligans Q which was a big influence on the Monty Python team Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian MacNaughton licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia