Alan Huchison Pattillo (17 July 1929 – 16 January 2020) was a British writer and director who worked on Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, and Thunderbirds television series.

[4][5] He won an Emmy in 1979 alongside Bill Blunden for his film editing on All Quiet on the Western Front.

[11] Pattillo then worked again for Anderson on Stingray as director, before performing a number of roles on the next series from AP Films.

[4] Aside from his work on Gerry Anderson projects, Pattillo had a varied career in the film industry.

He provided the story for a 1967 Diana Rigg era The Avengers episode The Bird Who Knew Too Much, which The Times television review noted as being "quite striking".