AP Films

Anderson Provis Films
	Logo used by the company until 1966
Industry	Television production; Film production;
Genre	Science fiction; Fantasy; Adventure;
Predecessors	Polytechnic Films; Pentagon Films;
Founded	1957 (Maidenhead, UK)
Founders	Gerry Anderson; Arthur Provis;
Fate	Dissolved c. 1972
Successors	Group Three Productions; Gerry Anderson Productions;
Headquarters	Islet Park, Maidenhead; (1957–1959); Slough Trading Estate; (1959–1971);
Key people	Sylvia Anderson; Reg Hill; John Read;
Owner	Lew Grade (from 1962)
Number of employees	Over 200 (at its peak)
Parent	Century 21 Organisation; (from 1966)
Subsidiaries	Arrow Productions; AP Films (Merchandising);

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.

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