David Elliott

Directing

David Elliott

Born May 7, 1931 · Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Died November 10, 2023 · aged 92

David Elliott (May 7th, 1931 - November 10th, 2023) was a British television director and film editor. He worked on various series produced by AP Films / Century 21 Productions, including as a director on Thunderbirds.

Known For

Stingray: The Big GunStingray: The Big Gun · 1965
Stingray: The Big Gun
1965
MovieActionAdventure
An undersea civilisation, the Solarstars, creates a weapon capable of obliterating entire islands, and the crew of Stingray must destroy this vessel before it destroys them first!
Stingray: Plant of DoomStingray: Plant of Doom · 1965
Stingray: Plant of Doom
1965
MovieActionAdventure
Following the escape of his slave Marina, Titan plots revenge by planning to kill the Stingray crew with a deadly plant that gives off toxic fumes.
Stingray: The Ghost of the SeaStingray: The Ghost of the Sea · 1965
Stingray: The Ghost of the Sea
1965
MovieActionAdventure
Commander Shore keeps having nightmares about the time when he was crippled in a sea battle with an underwater craft five years ago and rescued by a mysterious stranger.
Fire Down BelowFire Down Below · 1957
Fire Down Below
★ 5.61957
MovieDramaAdventure
Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.
Thunderbirds: Vault of DeathThunderbirds: Vault of Death · 1965
Thunderbirds: Vault of Death
★ 6.01965
MovieTV MovieScience Fiction
When a banker gets trapped in the Bank of England's new vault, International Rescue races to save him, but Parker frets that he will spoil his old cellmate's dream of robbing the bank.
Thunderbirds 55/GOGOThunderbirds 55/GOGO · 2022
Thunderbirds 55/GOGO
2022
MovieScience FictionAdventure
Shortly before the International Rescue Team begins full-scale operation, Lady Penelope, invited by Jeff Tracy, arrives at Tracy Island and discovers the amazing technology hidden on the island, as well as Thunderbirds 1 to 5. International Rescue soon receive a call from a yeti on Mount Everest pleading for rescue, with Penelope sent to investigate. All the while, a series of robberies plagues British Stately Homes.
Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable SnowmanThunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman · 2015
Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman
2015
MovieScience FictionFamily
In the Himalayas, Last Penelope and Parker investigate a series of kidnappings attributed to the Abominable Snowman, only to find themselves in the clutches of the Hood!
Stingray: The Disappearing ShipsStingray: The Disappearing Ships · 1965
Stingray: The Disappearing Ships
1965
MovieActionAdventure
When three disused freighters that are to be blown up by remote control mysteriously vanish, Troy and Phones set off in Stingray to find them.

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Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York CityThunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City · 2025
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
★ 10.02025
MovieScience FictionFantasy
Celebrating Thunderbirds 60th anniversary, this cinematic double-bill brings two of Thunderbirds’ best-loved adventures into an electrifying big screen experience – Trapped in the Sky and Terror in New York City, presented for the first time fully restored in 4K with a brand-new Dolby 5.1 surround mix. Trapped in the Sky - A criminal known only as the Hood places a bomb in the landing gear of a new supersonic airliner, Fireflash, hoping to draw out a newly created, privately funded emergency response team called International Rescue. Terror in New York City - After Thunderbird 2 is heavily damaged in a mistaken attack, it leaves the team seemingly without a swift means to transport any rescue gear to New York City to save a news crew trapped underneath the collapsed Empire State Building.

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Fireball XL5Fireball XL5 · 1962
Fireball XL5
★ 6.41962
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimation
Fireball XL5 is a science fiction-themed children's television show following the missions of spaceship Fireball XL5, commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol. The show was produced in 1962 by husband and wife team Gerry and Sylvia Anderson through their company APF, in association with ATV for ITC Entertainment. While developing his new show, Anderson thought a brand of motor oil—Castrol XL—had an interesting sound. A phonetic change created the name "Fireball XL", with the "-5" added as the title seemed a bit flat without the numeral. The show featured the Andersons' Supermarionation, a form of puppetry first introduced in Four Feather Falls and Supercar and used again in their subsequent productions such as Stingray and Captain Scarlet. Thirty-nine black and white half-hour episodes of Fireball XL5 were made on 35mm film: all future Anderson series were produced in colour. Several Anderson series have been shown in syndication in the US, but Fireball XL5 is the only Anderson series to have run on a US network. NBC ran the series in its Saturday morning children's block from 1963 through to September 1965. A similar programme often confused with Fireball XL5 is Space Patrol, produced by Gerry Anderson's ex business partner and co-founder of AP Films, Arthur Provis due to a number of similarities and settings.

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Four Feather FallsFour Feather Falls · 1960
Four Feather Falls
★ 6.61960
SeriesWesternSci-Fi & Fantasy
Four Feather Falls was the third puppet TV show produced by Gerry Anderson for Granada Television. It was based on an idea by Barry Gray, who also wrote the show's music. The series was the first to use an early version of Anderson's Supermarionation puppetry. Thirty-nine 13-minute episodes were produced, broadcast by Granada from February until November 1960. The setting is the late 19th-century fictional Kansas town of Four Feather Falls, where the hero of the series, Tex Tucker, is sheriff. The four feathers of the title refers to four magical feathers given to Tex by the Indian chief Kalamakooya as a reward for saving his grandson: two allowed Tex's guns to swivel and fire without being touched whenever he was in danger, and two conferred the power of speech on Tex's horse and dog. Tex's speaking voice was provided by Nicholas Parsons, and his singing voice by Michael Holliday. The series has never been repeated on British television, but it was released on DVD in 2005.

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