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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1939-02-27
- event Death Date 2008-05-16
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 1.3
- info Birth Place Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Thomas and Friends: My First Thomas with The Fat Controller
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Thomas and Friends: My First Thomas with The Fat Controller
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Thomas & Friends: Best Of Thomas
2001-01-01
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Thomas & Friends: Best Of Thomas
2001-01-01
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Thomas & Friends: Best Of James
2002-03-05
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Thomas & Friends: Best Of James
2002-03-05
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Thomas & Friends: Best of Percy
2001-07-24
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Thomas & Friends: Best of Gordon
2004-02-03
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10 Years of Thomas & Friends
1999-09-14
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10 Years of Thomas & Friends
1999-09-14
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Thomas & Friends: Ultimate Christmas
2007-10-23
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Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Christmas Wonderland
2002-09-24
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TUGS: A Bigg Retrospective
2023-04-04
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Thomas & Friends: Percy's Ghostly Trick & Other Thomas Stories
2007-03-27
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Down the Mine
2023-12-31
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Thomas & Friends: Engines to the Rescue
2004-03-01
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Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Tricked
1990-06-07
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Thomas & Friends: Spills & Chills
2000-02-29
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Thomas & Friends: Spills & Chills
2000-02-29
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Thomas & Friends - Thomas, Percy & the Dragon and Other Stories
1993-02-18
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Thomas & Friends: Thomas & His Friends Help Out
2003-02-25
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Thomas & Friends: Percy's Chocolate Crunch and Other Thomas Adventures
2003-10-23
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Thomas & Friends: A Big Day for Thomas
2007-01-23
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Thomas & Friends: James and the Red Balloon
2003-07-22
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Thomas & Friends: New Friends For Thomas & Other Adventures
2004-03-16
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Thomas & Friends: Thomas & the Really Brave Engines
2006-01-01
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Thomas & Friends: Trackside Tunes
2001-01-01
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Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Snowy Surprise & Other Adventures
2003-10-14
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Thomas & Friends: James Goes Buzz Buzz
1994-02-23
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Thomas & Friends: Percy Takes The Plunge
2007-12-10
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Thomas & Friends: Henry and the Elephant
2008-07-22
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Thomas & Friends: Best of Gordon
2004-02-03
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Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories
2010-01-20
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Thomas & Friends: James Learns a Lesson
1995-01-01
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Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Bumped & Other Adventures
2006-01-01
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Thomas & Friends: Sing-Along and Stories
2002-03-05
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Thomas & Friends: Make Someone Happy & Other Thomas Adventures
2000-07-25
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Thomas & Friends: Make Someone Happy & Other Thomas Adventures
2000-07-25
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Thomas & Friends: Cranky Bugs & Other Thomas Stories
1999-02-02
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Thomas & Friends: Cranky Bugs & Other Thomas Stories
1999-02-02
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Thomas & Friends: Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures
2002-07-23
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Thomas & Friends: Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures
2002-07-23
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Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Jet Engine
2004-07-20
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Thomas & Friends: Salty's Secret & Other Thomas Adventures
2002-09-24
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Thomas & Friends: Percy Saves the Day & Other Adventures
2005-07-26
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Thomas & Friends: Thomas & the Special Letter
2002-03-05
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Thomas & Friends: James Goes Buzz Buzz
1994-02-23
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Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Halloween Adventures
2006-08-29
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Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Halloween Adventures
2006-08-29
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Spills and Chills & Other Thomas Thrills
2000-02-29
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Spills and Chills & Other Thomas Thrills
2000-02-29
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Thomas & His Friends Get Along
1998-02-10
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Thomas & Friends: Thomas Comes To Breakfast & Other Thomas Adventures
1998-08-18
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Thomas & Friends: Hooray For Thomas & Other Adventures
2005-01-25
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Thomas & Friends: Hooray For Thomas & Other Adventures
2005-01-25
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Thomas & Friends: Trust Thomas & Other Stories
2003-02-25
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Thomas & Friends - Mud Glorious Mud
2008-05-06
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Thomas & Friends: Rusty to the Rescue
2008-10-14
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Thomas & Friends: Holiday Express
2009-11-03
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Thomas & Friends: Holiday Express
2009-11-03
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Thomas and the U.K. Trip
1991-12-31
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Thomas & Friends
1984-10-09
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Jack and the Sodor Construction Company
2006-08-15
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Tugs
1989-04-04
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Tugs
1989-04-04
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Tugs
1989-04-04
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Thomas & Friends
1984-10-09
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Tugs
1989-04-04
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Salty's Lighthouse
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Adventures on Orsum Island