David Mitton
| David Mitton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Nelson Godfrey Mitton 13 July 1938 Preston, East Lothian, Scotland |
| Died | 16 May 2008 (aged 69) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Television producer, director and special effects technician |
| Years active | 1952–2008 |
| Known for | Thomas & Friends, Tugs and Thunderbirds |
| Notable work | Thomas & Friends (1984–2003) |
| Spouse(s) | Married twice |
| Children | 2 sons |
David Nelson Godfrey Mitton (13 July 1938 – 16 May 2008) was a British television producer and director, and an experienced model-maker and author, best known for producing and directing the children's TV programmes Thomas & Friends and Tugs. During the 1960s, he worked with Gerry and Sylvia Anderson as a special effects technician on series such as Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90, The Secret Service and UFO.
David Mitton was born in Preston, East Lothian and educated at The Strathallan School in Perthshire. On leaving school, he briefly attended art school before joining the Royal Navy air-sea rescue service and being assigned to Aden, in what is now Yemen in the Middle East.
On his return from the Middle East in the early sixties, Mitton embarked on a career in children's television. He began working as a special effects technician on a series of programmes created by Gerry Anderson's AP Films that used a puppet technology called supermarionation. Mitton was a member of the supervising visual effects director David Medding's team, displaying a special skill in setting up the electronics necessary to blow up buildings on cue in Thunderbirds (1965-1966), Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967-1968), Joe 90 (1968), The Secret Service (1969) and UFO (1970-1971).
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