David Mitton
Multiple people share this name — showing the most well-known match (Directing).
Directing · Born 1939-02-27 · age 69 at death · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
David Mitton (David Nelson Godfrey Mitton) (born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 13th July 1938 - died London, England, 28th May 2008) is the creator of the TUGS series. He first began his career as a special effects technician for Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation shows such asThunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Joe 90. Then he became friends with Robert D. Cardona, and they established their own company called Clearwater Features. In 1984, Mitton began his work as director, writer and producer on Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends alongside Britt Allcroft. Later in 1988, Mitton and Cardona decided to create a show about two tug fleets called the Star Tugs and the Z-Stacks, giving the series its name, TUGS. David wrote six episodes of the series and directed nine of them. When TUGS was cancelled and Clearwater Features closed down, he continued to direct Thomas until his retirement in 2003. In 2007, he and producer David Lane launched a company of their own called Pineapple Squared Entertainment Ltd, and were working on a CGI show called Adventures on Orsum Island. Sadly, David Mitton died of a heart attack on 28th May 2008, at the age of 69. Many Thomas and TUGS fans were greatly saddened by this news. Adventures on Orsum Island was cancelled, and only a handful of clips exist.
Titles
Thomas & Friends
Thunderbirds
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
UFO
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Joe 90
The Secret Service
Thomas & Friends: Best of Gordon
Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Jet Engine
Thomas & Friends: Best of Thomas
Thomas & Friends: Best of James
Thomas & Friends: Best of Percy
Thomas & Friends: 10 Years of Thomas
Thomas & Friends: James and the Red Balloon
Thomas & Friends: New Friends For Thomas
Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Snowy Surprise
Thomas & Friends: Races, Rescues & Runaways
Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Halloween Adventures
Thomas & Friends: Mud Glorious Mud
TUGS
Thomas & Friends: Ultimate Christmas
Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Christmas Wonderland
Thomas & Friends: Percy's Ghostly Trick
Thomas & Friends: Engines to the Rescue
Thomas & Friends: Spills & Chills
Thomas & Friends: Thomas, Percy & the Dragon
Thomas & Friends: Thomas & His Friends Help Out
Thomas & Friends: Percy's Chocolate Crunch
Thomas & Friends: A Big Day for Thomas
Thomas & Friends: Thomas & the Really Brave Engines
Thomas & Friends: James Goes Buzz Buzz
Thomas & Friends: Percy Takes the Plunge
Thomas & Friends: Henry and the Elephant
Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories
Thomas & Friends: James Learns a Lesson
Thomas & Friends: Sing-Along & Stories
Thomas & Friends: Salty's Secret
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Comes To Breakfast & Other Thomas Adventures
Thomas & Friends: Hooray for Thomas
Thomas & Friends: Trust Thomas & Other Stories
Thomas & Friends: Rusty to the Rescue
Thomas & Friends: Holiday Express
Down The Mine: The Pilot Episode
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
Thomas & Friends: Thomas & His Friends Get Along & Other Thomas Adventures
Salty's Lighthouse
Adventures on Orsum Island
Thomas and Friends: My First Thomas with The Fat Controller
TUGS: A Bigg Retrospective
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Tricked
Thomas & Friends: Trackside Tunes
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Bumped
Thomas & Friends: Make Someone Happy
Thomas & Friends: Cranky Bugs
Thomas & Friends: Percy Saves the Day
Thomas & Friends: Thomas & the Special Letter
Spills and Chills & Other Thomas Thrills
Thomas & Friends: Thomas & His Friends Get Along
Thomas and the U.K. Trip
Thomas & Friends: Fun With Thomas