David Mitton

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-02-27 (69 years old)

Deathday

2008-05-16

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

David Mitton

Biography

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 St...

Production

2023

TUGS: A Bigg Retrospective

as Original Concept

2023

Down the Mine

as Original Story

2000

Thomas and the Magic Railroad

as Creative Consultant

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