David Mitton - Citizendia

David Mitton
Born	February 27, 1939 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	May 16, 2008
Occupation	Television producer and director

David Nelson Godfrey Mitton (February 27, 1939 - May 16, 2008) was a producer and a director as well as an experienced model maker and author. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking A television director directs the activities involved in making a Television Episode. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking A television director directs the activities involved in making a Television Episode. He was well known for directing and producing the children's television shows TUGS and Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. TUGS is a British Children's television series, first broadcast in 1989 ^[1] He also worked with Gerry and Sylvia Anderson as a special effects technician on such shows as Thunderbirds. For a detailed article on collaborations with Sylvia Anderson see Sylvia and Gerry Anderson; the separated strands aren't working - GA is the common thread throughout For complete histories of her work with Gerry Anderson, and of AP Films/Century 21 Productions see the linked articles Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of Puppetry He first had his own company Clearwater Features (1986) Ltd with Robert D. Cardona^[2] and later became part of The Britt Allcroft Company in 1991 and HIT Entertainment in 2002. Clearwater Features (1986 Ltd was a film production company in Shepperton, England that produced the first two seasons of the children's television series Thomas Robert D Cardona (born in New York City, March 8 1938 is an American writer producer director and animator who has enjoyed the majority of his success in Britain The Britt Allcroft Company was a company created by Britt Allcroft and Angus Wright in 1983 HIT Entertainment PLC was established in 1989, and was originally the international distribution arm of Jim Henson Productions called Henson International He retired after the last episode of the seventh season of Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas and Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a Children's television series about the engines and other characters He recently had his own company with David Lane called Pineapple Squared Entertainment and worked on a new CGI show called Adventures On Orsum Island. David Lane may refer to Sir David P Lane (born 1952 British oncologist

On May 16th 2008, Mitton suffered an unexpected heart attack and died. His death was announced on May 28th. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling ^[3]

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Obituary: Telegraph

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