David Mitton

Director

Birthday July 13, 1938

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Scotland

DEATH DATE May 16, 2008 (69)

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About

Filmmaker who gained fame for his long tenure as a main director of the popular children's TV show Thomas the Tank Engine between 1984 and 2002. He also created the children's TV series Tugs in 1989. 

Before Fame

He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) after briefly attending art school. He left the RAF in 1962.

Trivia

He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film for his work on Thomas the Tank Engine in 1987. He worked as a special effects technician on the popular TV shows Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons in he 1960s. 

Family Life

He was married twice. He passed away in 2008.

Associated With

He worked as an assistant director to Ridley Scott on the famed Hovis Bakery commercials in the UK in the 1970s.