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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/40/David_Mitton.jpg" decoding="async" width="156" height="172" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="156" data-file-height="172" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Mitton in 1981</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">David Nelson Godfrey Mitton</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1939-02-27</span>)</span>27 February 1939<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Preston,_Prestonpans" title="Preston, Prestonpans">Preston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prestonpans" title="Prestonpans">Prestonpans</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Lothian" title="East Lothian">East Lothian</a>, Scotland</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">16 May 2008<span style="display:none">(2008-05-16)</span> (aged 69)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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class="infobox-data">1965–2008</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Judy<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Joan Ferris<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Nelson Godfrey Mitton</b> (27 February 1939 – 16 May 2008) was a British director, producer, writer, model maker and special effects technician. He was best known for producing and directing the children's television programmes <i><a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends" title="Thomas & Friends">Thomas & Friends</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Tugs_(TV_series)" title="Tugs (TV series)">TUGS</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-imdb_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imdb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1960s, he worked with <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Anderson" title="Gerry Anderson">Gerry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Anderson" title="Sylvia Anderson">Sylvia Anderson</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Special_effects" class="mw-redirect" title="Special effects">special effects</a> technician on series such as <i><a href="/wiki/Thunderbirds_(TV_series)" title="Thunderbirds (TV series)">Thunderbirds</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Scarlet_and_the_Mysterons" title="Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons">Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Joe_90" title="Joe 90">Joe 90</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Service" title="The Secret Service">The Secret Service</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/UFO_(British_TV_series)" title="UFO (British TV series)">UFO</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mitton was born on 27 February 1939 in <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Prestonpans" title="Preston, Prestonpans">Preston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prestonpans" title="Prestonpans">Prestonpans</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Lothian" title="East Lothian">East Lothian</a> and educated at <a href="/wiki/Strathallan_School" title="Strathallan School">Strathallan School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Perthshire" title="Perthshire">Perthshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On leaving school, he briefly attended art school before joining the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>. He served with the RAF at Christmas Island, and at Honolulu before returning to serve at Southern Region Air Traffic Control, RAF Uxbridge, later he served at RAF Riyan up-country from Aden in what is now Yemen. He also served in Cyprus with the <a href="/wiki/Air-sea_rescue" title="Air-sea rescue">air-sea rescue</a> service, and then left the Royal Air Force in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On his return from RAF service in the early sixties, Mitton embarked on a career in children's television.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began working as a special effects technician on a series of programmes created by <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Anderson" title="Gerry Anderson">Gerry Anderson</a>'s AP Films that used a puppet technology called <a href="/wiki/Supermarionation" title="Supermarionation">supermarionation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mitton was a member of the supervising visual effects director <a href="/wiki/Derek_Meddings" title="Derek Meddings">Derek Meddings</a> team, displaying a special skill in setting up the electronics necessary to blow up buildings on cue in <i>Thunderbirds</i> (1965–1966), <i>Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons</i> (1967–1968), <i>Joe 90</i> (1968), <i>The Secret Service</i> (1969) and <i>UFO</i> (1970–1971).<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Gerry Anderson moved away from puppet animation, Mitton became freelance.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked as assistant director to <a href="/wiki/Ridley_Scott" title="Ridley Scott">Ridley Scott</a> on the famous <a href="/wiki/Hovis" title="Hovis">Hovis</a> commercials of the seventies in the United Kingdom and began directing animated television commercials himself.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the mid-seventies, he established a company called Clearwater Films (later <a href="/wiki/Clearwater_Features" title="Clearwater Features">Clearwater Features</a>), with former Thunderbirds director <a href="/wiki/Ken_Turner_(director)" title="Ken Turner (director)">Ken Turner</a> and American-born producer <a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Cardona" title="Robert D. Cardona">Robert D. Cardona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company soon gained a reputation for innovative stop-frame animated television commercials.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clearwater produced two award-winning commercials, one for <a href="/wiki/Hovis" title="Hovis">Hovis</a> set in an orbiting space station and another for <a href="/wiki/PG_Tips" title="PG Tips">PG Tips</a> tea bags.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thomas_&_Friends"><span id="Thomas_.26_Friends"></span><i>Thomas & Friends</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitton&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Thomas & Friends"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Another commercial for "Prize Guys” yoghurt attracted the attention of television producer <a href="/wiki/Britt_Allcroft" title="Britt Allcroft">Britt Allcroft</a>, who had acquired the television rights to a series of books known as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Railway_Series" title="The Railway Series">The Railway Series</a></i> from its author, the <a href="/wiki/Wilbert_Awdry" title="Wilbert Awdry">Reverend Wilbert Awdry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allcroft approached Mitton to develop a pilot for a television series, and in a joint partnership between her production company (known as The Britt Allcroft Company) and Clearwater Features, they made <i>Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends</i> between 1984 and 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 January 1991, Clearwater Features became part of The Britt Allcroft Company, and in 2002, <a href="/wiki/HiT_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="HiT Entertainment">HiT Entertainment</a> bought out Allcroft and retitled the programme <i><a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends" title="Thomas & Friends">Thomas & Friends</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Mitton directed 180 out of 182 episodes of the seven series made between 1984 and 2003, as well as writing the scripts once the show began to deviate from adapting Awdry's work in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mitton was able to move each engine's eyes in real time – not stop-frame animation– by using a radio control linked to a motor mounted behind them, and there was a sculpted mask that could be changed to give different facial expressions.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The role of the narrator was played by <a href="/wiki/Ringo_Starr" title="Ringo Starr">Ringo Starr</a> for the first two series in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ringo Starr was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Angelis" title="Michael Angelis">Michael Angelis</a> in the United Kingdom and <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The show became an instant success on British television, and in 1989, Allcroft helped created <i><a href="/wiki/Shining_Time_Station" title="Shining Time Station">Shining Time Station</a></i> (1989–1995) in the United States on the <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">Public Broadcasting Service</a>. Because of the sequences that introduced the stories from <i>Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends</i> to American audiences, <i>Shining Time Station</i> became a successful television show.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Merchandise for <i>Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends</i> had been available before the television programme, but the programme created a new multimillion-pound industry and became an unstoppable phenomenon which could be seen in 145 countries worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><i>Thomas & Friends</i> also inspired a 2000 feature film, called <i><a href="/wiki/Thomas_and_the_Magic_Railroad" title="Thomas and the Magic Railroad">Thomas and the Magic Railroad</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mitton was a creative consultant for the models used in the film.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mitton left following the completion of the <a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_(series_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas & Friends (series 7)">Series 7</a> of <i>Thomas & Friends</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Mitton's departure, crew member Steve Asquith took his place as director from <a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_(series_8)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas & Friends (series 8)">Series 8</a> to <a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_(series_12)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas & Friends (series 12)">Series 12</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_projects">Other projects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitton&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1989, inspired by the success of <i>Thomas & Friends</i>, Mitton and his new company, Clearwater Features, produced a new children's television series called <i><a href="/wiki/Tugs_(TV_series)" title="Tugs (TV series)">TUGS</a></i>, which lasted for thirteen episodes. The episodes were reformatted to American television for a show called <a href="/wiki/Salty%27s_Lighthouse" title="Salty's Lighthouse">Salty's Lighthouse</a> by Robert D. Cardona. TUGS remains popular online and has an exhibition at the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway_-_Butterley" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland Railway - Butterley">Midland Railway</a> which preserves concept art, extended episode cuts, and the original models. <sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, Mitton started another company, Pineapple Squared Entertainment, with director <a href="/wiki/David_Lane_(director)" title="David Lane (director)">David Lane</a>, whom Mitton had worked with on Thunderbirds earlier in his career.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mitton and Lane had been working on several projects prior to the former's death, including the production of the animated 26-part TV series <i>Adventures on Orsum Island</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitton&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thunderbirds_(TV_series)" title="Thunderbirds (TV series)">Thunderbirds</a> (1965-1966) - special effects technician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thunderbirds_Are_Go" title="Thunderbirds Are Go">Thunderbirds Are Go</a> (1966) - special effects technician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Scarlet_and_the_Mysterons" title="Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons">Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons</a> (1967-1968) - special effects technician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thunderbird_6" title="Thunderbird 6">Thunderbird 6</a> (1968) - special effects technician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_90" title="Joe 90">Joe 90</a> (1968-1969) - special effects technician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain_(film)" title="Battle of Britain (film)">Battle of Britain</a> (1969) - special effects</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger_(1969_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doppelgänger (1969 film)">Doppelgänger</a> (1969) - special effects technician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Service" title="The Secret Service">The Secret Service</a> (1969) - special effects technician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="The Avengers (TV series)">The Avengers</a> (1969) - third assistant director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_(British_TV_series)" title="UFO (British TV series)">UFO</a> (1970) - special effects technician</li> <li>Portrait of a People: Impressions of Britain (1970) - assistant director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_and_Friends" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas and Friends">Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends</a> (1984-2003) - director <ul><li>Director (180 episodes) (seasons <a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_(series_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas & Friends (series 1)">1</a>-<a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_(series_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas & Friends (series 7)">7)</a></li> <li>Writer (147 episodes) (seasons <a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_(series_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas & Friends (series 1)">1</a>-<a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_(series_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas & Friends (series 7)">7)</a></li> <li>Producer (130 episodes) (seasons <a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_(series_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas & Friends (series 1)">1</a>-<a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_(series_5)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas & Friends (series 5)">5)</a></li> <li>Model Consultant (2 episodes) (<a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_(series_6)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas & Friends (series 6)">season 6</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tugs_(TV_series)" title="Tugs (TV series)">TUGS</a> (1989) - creator <ul><li>Director (9 episodes)</li> <li>Writer (6 episodes)</li> <li>Voice of "Old Rusty" (1 episode; uncredited)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shining_Time_Station" title="Shining Time Station">Shining Time Station</a> (1989-1995) - director (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends segments)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bookmark_(TV_series)" title="Bookmark (TV series)">Bookmark (documentary series)</a> (1995) - Himself</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_and_the_Magic_Railroad" title="Thomas and the Magic Railroad">Thomas and the Magic Railroad</a> (2000) - model unit creative consultant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_(franchise)#Spin-off" title="Thomas & Friends (franchise)">Jack and the Sodor Construction Company</a> (2006) - model consultant (uncredited)</li> <li>Adventures on Orsum Island (2006/2008; unfinished) - creator, director, concept director, producer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitton&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mitton was married twice and had one son.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mitton died on 16 May 2008, having suffered a heart attack. He was 69 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His death wasn't announced until 28 May. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitton&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="British Academy Television Awards">BAFTA Awards</a></b> </p> <ul><li>1985: Nominated for Best Animated Film for Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (shared with <a href="/wiki/Britt_Allcroft" title="Britt Allcroft">Britt Allcroft</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Cardona" title="Robert D. Cardona">Robert D. Cardona</a>)</li> <li>1987: Nominated for Best Animated Film for Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (shared with <a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Cardona" title="Robert D. Cardona">Robert D. Cardona</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitton&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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