AP Films

Anderson Provis Films
Industry
Genre
Predecessors
  • Polytechnic Films
  • Pentagon Films
Founded1957 (Maidenhead, UK)
Founders
FateDissolved c. 1972
Successors
  • Group Three Productions
  • Gerry Anderson Productions
Headquarters
Key people
OwnerLew Grade (from 1962)
Number of employees
Over 200 (at its peak)
ParentCentury 21 Organisation
(from 1966)
Subsidiaries

AP Films or APF (renamed Century 21 Productions in 1966) was a British independent film production company of the 1950s until the early 1970s. The company became internationally known for its imaginative children's action-adventure marionette television series – most significantly Thunderbirds – produced for British ITV network companies Associated-Rediffusion, Granada, ABC and ATV. At its height, the company employed more than 200 staff.